aggrandize
[verb]
Synonyms: increase, augment, beef (up), boost, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, magnify, multiply, exalt, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, glorify, honor, sublime, uprear

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Antonyms: belittle
Related Words: amplify, build up

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aggrandize verb. [ǝ'grandʌɪz] Also aggrandise. M17.
[Old & mod. French agrandiss- lengthened stem of agrandir prob. from Italian aggrandire, from Latin grandis GRAND adjective¹; assim. to verbs in -IZE.]
1. verb trans. Increase, magnify, intensify, (a thing). Now rare in gen. sense. M17.

2. verb intrans. Become greater. M17-E18.

3. verb trans. Increase the power, wealth, or rank of (a person or State). L17.

4. verb trans. Make appear greater than the reality. L17.

■ aggrandi'zation noun (now rare) = AGGRANDIZEMENT M17.

■ aggrandizer noun a person who aggrandizes something M18.

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