figurative. to emboss (out): to inflate (style), render tumid; to give exaggerated prominence to.

To swell out, render grandiose (a speech or literary composition) with bombastic language.

transitive. To make (oneself, a person, the face or features, etc.) formal, severe, or haughty; to make (discourse, speech, etc.) formal or…

figurative. To ‘swell’; to make too bulky; to ‘puff up’, as with pride; to make turgid or bombastic.