aggrandize , aggrandise
vb tr
1 to increase the power, wealth, prestige, scope, etc., of
2 to cause (something) to seem greater; magnify; exaggerate
(C17: from Old French aggrandiss-, long stem of aggrandir to make bigger, from Latin grandis grand; the ending -ize is due to the influence of verbs ending in -ise, -ize)
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aggrandizement, aggrandisement n
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aggrandizer, aggrandiser n