be abundant
a.tar marks making something abundant or great, and in passive use describes things as numerous.
The attested uses show an active making-great or making-abundant action in hostile speech and a passive description of numerous kisses.
Senses in use
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Making oneself or speech great · common
In Ezekiel 35:13, the Hiphil sequential perfect occurs in an accusation directed against “you,” alongside speech against the speaker; the APB renders the verse, “You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth and multiplied your words against me.”
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Being numerous · common
In Proverbs 27:6, the Niphal passive participle is feminine plural and occurs in the contrast between a friend's wounds and an enemy's kisses; the APB renders the latter clause, “but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses with “magnified yourselves” and “multiplies kisses.” These phrases confirm the verses' contrast but do not isolate a single English rendering for the term.