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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

... every form of theft, to employ our powers in useful labor, not only to provide for ourselves but also to relieve the indigence of others; and permit us in practice, abstaining from every form of labor, to enrich and aggrandize ourselves with the fruits of man-stealing? Does he require us in principle to regard "the laborer as worthy of his hire;" and permit us in practice to defraud him of his wages? Does he require us in principle ...

— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... not to aggrandize or enrich the Pope. He ascends the Papal chair generally an old man, when human passion and human ambition, if any did exist, are on the wane. His personal expenses do not exceed a few dollars a day. He eats alone and ...

— The Faith of Our Fathers • James Cardinal Gibbons

... the answer would be perhaps not difficult. But Canada, for the present, is really two countries, or two halves of one country, united under the same form of government, each half jealous of the mutual balance, and neither half disposed to aggrandize the power or exaggerate the size of ...

— Canada and the States • Edward William Watkin

... furious partisan, and is so lost in his part that while the man Sylvanus speaks the truth and desires it, yet in his character of politician it is not truth or fair play that he wants, but whatever tends to advance and aggrandize his party. He carefully depreciates those with whom he does not agree. He cultivates distrust of every word spoken and every deed done by the other party. Personally he likes many of his opponents. His ...

— From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 • George William Curtis

... add anything to the President's powers? Again to judge from its English-British antecedent, its informing purpose is to restrain rather than to aggrandize power. Jackson, it is true, appealed to the oath in his Bank Veto Message of July 10, 1832; and Lincoln did so in his Message of July 4, 1861; as did Johnson's counsel in his impeachment trial; but in each of these instances the Presidential ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

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