maximize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

maximize
    v 1: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"
         [syn: {maximize}, {maximise}] [ant: {minimise}, {minimize}]
    2: make the most of; "He maximized his role" [syn: {maximize},
       {maximise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Maximize \Max"i*mize\, v. t. [L. maximus greatest.]
   To increase to the highest degree. --Bentham.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "maximize":
      add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build,
      build up, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate,
      exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, improve,
      increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, lengthen, magnify,
      make much of, overdo, overemphasize, overplay, oversell, overstate,
      overstress, parlay, put up, pyramid, raise, thicken, up

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