Definition of aggrandise Aggrandise
ag•gran•dise
We found 6 definitions of aggrandise from 3 different sources.
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What does aggrandise mean?
WordNet
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| aggrandise - add details to | ||
| embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, dramatise | ||
| hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" | ||
| glorify bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- aggrandise (Verb)
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress. - aggrandise (Verb)
To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc. - aggrandise (Verb)
To make appear great or greater; to exalt. - aggrandise (Verb)
To increase or become great.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aggrandise
ag′grand-īz, v.t. to make great or larger: to make greater in power, rank, or honour.—ns. Aggrandisā′tion; Aggrandisement (ag′grand-īz-ment, or ag-grand′iz-ment), act of aggrandising: state of being aggrandised. [Fr., from L. ad, to, and grandis, large.]
