11
magnify(verb, take, cover, advance, increase)
11
progress(verb, move, go, change, give)
11
strengthen(verb, form, support, make, dull)
10
widen(verb, take, set, cover, advance)
9
follow(verb, break, take, get, meet)
9
invent(verb, form, make, consider, plan)
9
acquire(verb, take, get, set, decline)
9
commence(verb, accept, start, rise, assume)
9
dilate(verb, take, set, cover, advance)
9
engender(verb, form, make, give, cause)
9
ensue(verb, break, meet, start, hit)
9
wax(verb, get, advance, increase, open)
9
befall(verb, move, take, go, give)
9
beget(verb, form, make, give, cause)
9
bloom(verb, advance, increase, grow, succeed)
9
blossom(verb, form, make, give, advance)
9
come about(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
9
come off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, break)
9
come to light(verb, expression, idiom, show, present)
9
contract(verb, get, catch, begin, result)
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