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- Dictionaryag·gran·dize/əˈɡranˌdīz/
verb
- 1. increase the power, status, or wealth of: "an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty"
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The meaning of AGGRANDIZE is to make great or greater : increase, enlarge. How to use aggrandize in a sentence. Did you know?
I know her avaricious and acrimonious disposition—her love of wealth, and her anxiety to aggrandize her family. In the mob, as a French psychologist has said, ideas neutralize each other, but emotions aggrandize each other. The people were virtually enslaved to aggrandize a single person.
The verb aggrandize not only means "to make appear greater"; it can also be used to mean simply "to make greater." If you buy an estate and sink millions of dollars into its improvement, then you are actually aggrandizing the estate.
I know her avaricious and acrimonious disposition—her love of wealth, and her anxiety to aggrandize her family. In the mob, as a French psychologist has said, ideas neutralize each other, but emotions aggrandize each other. The people were virtually enslaved to aggrandize a single person.
To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. 2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor. 3. to make (something) appear greater. ag•gran′dize•ment (-dɪz mənt) n. ag•gran•diz•er (əˈgræn daɪ zər, ˈæg rənˌdaɪ-) n.
Aggrandize definition: to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.. See examples of AGGRANDIZE used in a sentence.
'Aggrandize' means to make someone or something appear more powerful or important than they actually are, often for the purpose of gaining attention or respect.
Aggrandize definition: To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate.
What does the verb aggrandize mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb aggrandize, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the verb aggrandize? How is the verb aggrandize pronounced? Where does the verb aggrandize come from?
