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AGGRANDIZE
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
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Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
aggrandize (third-person singular simple present aggrandizes, present participle aggrandizing, simple past and past participle aggrandized)
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"gran*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrandized; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing.] Etym: [F. agrandir; Ă (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.
Definition: To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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