AGGRANDIZE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

2.
v.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.