aggrandize

Verb
US[uh-gran-dahyz]/əˈɡrænˌdaɪz/3 syllables
Synonyms: embroiderpadlardembellishaggrandiseblow updramatizedramatise

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)aggrandized, aggrandizing

  1. add details toSynonyms: embroiderpadlardembellishaggrandiseblow updramatizedramatiseMore general overstate, exaggerateMore specific glorify

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ag′gran·dize (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Aggrandized (…); present participle & verbal noun Aggrandizing (…).]

Origin: 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.— William Hickling Prescott

3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Charles Lamb

Synonyms: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.

Ag′gran·dize intransitive verb

To increase or become great. obsolete

Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize.— J. Hall.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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