aggrandize

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To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as

We must aggrandize our conceptions, authority, and distress.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc
To increase or become great
To make appear great or greater; to exalt
to cause to appear greatly
{v} to make great, advance, exalt
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{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)
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress
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
aggrandise
To make appear great or greater; to exalt
aggrandise
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress
aggrandise
To increase or become great

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

aggrandized
{a} made great, preferred, exalted
aggrandizement
{n} being aggrandized or raised
Aggrandizement
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
Aggrandizement
aggrandization
aggrandise
To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc
aggrandise
{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)
aggrandise
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aggrandised
{s} made larger, augmented, beefed-up (also aggrandized)
aggrandised
past of aggrandise
aggrandises
third-person singular of aggrandise
aggrandising
present participle of aggrandise
aggrandized
past of aggrandize
aggrandized
{s} made larger, augmented, beefed-up (also aggrandised)
aggrandizement
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal
aggrandizement
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement
aggrandizement
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family
aggrandizement
ag·gran·dize·ment in BRIT, also use aggrandisement disapproval If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves. It would be the first time in human history that economic necessity has prevailed over military aggrandizement. see also self-aggrandizement. when a person or country tries to increase their power or importance - used to show disapproval (agrandissement, from agrandir, from grandir )
aggrandizement
{i} making larger, making more powerful; act of increasing in power, act of increasing in wealth (also aggrandisement)
aggrandizer
{i} increaser, extender, expander
aggrandizer
One who aggrandizes, or makes great
aggrandizer
One who makes great or aggrandizes
aggrandizes
Third-person singular simple present of to aggrandize
aggrandizing
present participle of aggrandize
aggrandize
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