aggrandize
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- aggrandise (mainly, British)
[edit] Verb
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to aggrandize (third-person singular simple present aggrandizes, present participle aggrandizing, simple past and past participle aggrandized)
- (transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as,
- We must aggrandize our conceptions, authority, and distress.
- (transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.
- (transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
- (intransitive) To increase or become great.