Definition of aggrandize Aggrandize
/ʌgɹæˈndajˌz/ - [ugrandayz] - ag•gran•dize
We found 10 definitions of aggrandize from 4 different sources.
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What does aggrandize mean?
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| aggrandize - add details to | ||
| embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise, 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 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aggrandize (v. t.)
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. - aggrandize (v. t.)
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. - aggrandize (v. t.)
To make appear great or greater; to exalt. - aggrandize (v. i.)
To increase or become great.
Part of speech
🔤- aggrandize, verb, present, 1st person singular of aggrandize (infinitive).
- aggrandize, verb (infinitive).
