aggrandise

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To make appear great or greater; to exalt
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress
To increase or become great

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

To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc
{f} make bigger, make larger; widen; extend; increase the power or status of; increase the wealth of; intensify or exaggerate the reputation of someone in an artificial manner; make something look greater; add details to (also aggrandize)
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aggrandize
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as

We must aggrandize our conceptions, authority, and distress.

aggrandize
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc
aggrandize
To increase or become great
aggrandize
to cause to appear greatly
aggrandize
{v} to make great, advance, exalt
Aggrandize
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aggrandize
{f} make bigger, make larger; widen; extend; increase the power or status of; increase the wealth of; intensify or exaggerate the reputation of someone in an artificial manner; make something look greater; exaggerate, add details to (also aggrandise)
aggrandize
To make appear great or greater; to exalt
aggrandize
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress
aggrandize
ag·gran·dize aggrandizes aggrandizing aggrandized in BRIT, also use aggrandise disapproval To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive. At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself plans to aggrandise the building
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