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/əgrˈændˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Aggrandize v. t. (past & past part. aggrandized; pres. part. aggrandizing)

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc. "His scheme for aggrandizing his son."

To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

Synonyms: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.

Aggrandize v. i. To increase or become great. (Obs.) "Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize."

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Etymology of 'Aggrandize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aggrandize" Quotes from Famous Books

... it with jealousy, for they perceived all the former feelings of the city revived. Niccolo da Uzzano did not fail to acquaint the other citizens with the matter, explaining to them how dangerous it was to aggrandize one who possessed so much influence; that it was easy to remedy an evil at its commencement, but exceedingly difficult after having allowed it to gather strength; and that Giovanni possessed several qualities far surpassing those of Salvestro. ...

— History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy - From The Earliest Times To The Death Of Lorenzo The Magnificent • Niccolo Machiavelli

... Wallace has rescued Scotland from his yoke. The country now calls for her ancient lords-those who made her kings, and supported them. Come, then, my cousin! espouse the cause of right; the cause that is in power; the cause that may aggrandize the house of Cummin with still higher dignities than any with which it ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... a perfect downpour of books eulogizing monarchs and monarchy; royal governments spend millions of the people's money to uphold and aggrandize exalted kingship and seedy princeship alike; three-fourths of the press of Europe is swayed by king-worship, or subsidized to sing the praises of "God's Anointed," while in our own country the aping of monarchical institutions, the admiration for court life, ...

— Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess • Henry W. Fischer

... insufficient or non-existent, new laws were created either to aggrandize the powers of landlordship, or to seize hold of land or enchance its value, or to get extraordinary special privileges in the form of banking charters. And here it is necessary to digress from the narrative ...

— History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I - Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times • Myers Gustavus

... important element is the relation of the particular impression to the form under which it is apperceived. This determines the value of the object as an example of its class. After our mind is pitched to the key and rhythm of a certain idea, say of a queen, it remains for the impression to fulfil, aggrandize, or enrich this form by a sympathetic embodiment of it. Then we have a queen that is truly royal. But if instead there is disappointment, if this particular queen is an ugly one, although perhaps she might have pleased as a witch, this is because ...

— The Sense of Beauty - Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory • George Santayana

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