Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AGGRANDIZES
Verb
aggrandizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrandize
Source: Wiktionary
AGGRANDIZE
Ag"gran*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrandized; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing.] Etym: [F. agrandir; à (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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