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To favor; to grace. [Obs.] "That knight so much aggraced." Spenser.

To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

Capable of being aggrandized.

Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

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

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

One who aggrandizes, or makes great.

To please. [Obs.] Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser.

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.

In an aggravating manner.

The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

See Aggrace. [Obs.]

A hook or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

A illiterate person. [Obs.] Bailey.

The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

Characterized by agraphia.