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Aggrandize Definition And Meaning
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Aggrandize Definition And Meaning

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Aggrandize In Webster's Dictionary

\Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrandized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Aggrandizing}.] [F. agrandir; [`a] (L. ad) +
grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See
{Grand}, and cf. {Finish}.]
1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize
   our conceptions, authority, distress.

2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth;
   -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

         His scheme for aggrandizing his son.  --Prescott.

3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb.

Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.


\Ag"gran*dize\, v. i.
To increase or become great. [Obs.]

      Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. --J.
                                               Hall.

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