About The Word Aggrandize
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Aggrandize
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Synonyms | Synonyms for Aggrandize: aggrandise | blow up | dramatise | dramatize | embellish | embroider | lard | pad Related Terms | Find terms related to Aggrandize: add to | advance | amplify | apotheose | apotheosize | augment | ballyhoo | beatify | beef up | bloat | blow up | boost | broaden | build | build up | bulk | bulk out | burlesque | canonize | caricature | carry too far | crescendo | crown | deify | develop | dignify | dilate | distend | distinguish | draw the longbow | elevate | enlarge | ennoble | enshrine | enthrone | erect | exaggerate | exalt | expand | extend | fatten | fill out | glamorize | glorify | go to extremes | graduate | heighten | hike | hike up | honor | huff | hyperbolize | immortalize | increase | inflate | jack up | jump up | kick upstairs | knight | lay it on | lengthen | lionize | magnify | make legendary | make much of | maximize | multiply | overcharge | overdo | overdraw | overestimate | overpraise | overreach | overreact | oversell | overspeak | overstate | overstress | parlay | pass | pile it on | prefer | promote | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | put up | pyramid | raise | rarefy | saint | sanctify | set up | stretch | stretch the truth | sublime | sufflate | swell | talk big | talk in superlatives | thicken | throne | tout | travesty | up | upgrade | uplift | uprear | widen See Also | amplify | exaggerate | glorify | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | magnify | overdraw | overstate 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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