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Aggrandize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To increase the scope of; extend.

v. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation.

v. To make appear greater; exaggerate: aggrandize one argument while belittling another.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as,

v. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.

v. To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

v. To increase or become great.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

v. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

v. To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

verb-intransitive. To increase or become great.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor; exalt: as, to aggrandize a family.

To magnify or exaggerate.

To widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; elevate.

Synonyms To honor, dignify, advance, elevate, give luster to.

To grow or become greater.

Also spelled aggrandise.

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Word Usage

"Re: Frederic Wakeman's review of China Men [NYR, August 14]: I did not write the myths to "aggrandize" my family and other Chinese Americans by connecting us to the high culture of China."

Verb Form

aggrandized aggrandizes aggrandizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

overdraw exaggerate overstate magnify hyperbolise

Hyponym

glorify

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

promote augment exalt advance enlarge

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

propagandize