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Aggrandize
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Synonyms: augment; exalt; promote; advance.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.