To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.
To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb.
To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.
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