aggrandise

English

Alternative forms

• aggrandize (North American)

Verb

aggrandise (third-person singular simple present aggrandises, present participle aggrandising, simple past and past participle aggrandised)

1. (transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress.
2. (transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.
3. (transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
4. (intransitive) To increase or become great.

   The boss' son was merely trying to aggrandise himself with the board.

Derived terms

• aggrandisement