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  • verb To raise; to excite; to stir up.
  • verb To develop.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb form or accumulate steadily
  • verb bolster or strengthen
  • verb come up with
  • verb develop

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