Your equal mind yet swells not into state.
Dryden.
9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. "Monarchs to
behold the swelling scene!" Shak.
10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a
great amount.
11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to
look big.
Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock.
Shak.
Swell, v. t. 1. To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause
to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the
rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
[The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.
Keble.