aggrandize

ag·gran·dize  (-grndz, grn-)

tr.v. ag·gran·dized, ag·gran·diz·ing, ag·gran·diz·es

1. To increase the scope of; extend.

2. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation.

3. To make appear greater; exaggerate: aggrandize one argument while belittling another.

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[French agrandir, agrandiss-, from Old French : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + grandir, to grow larger (from Latin grandre, from grandis, large).]

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ag·grandize·ment (-grndz-mnt, -dz-) n.

ag·grandizer n.

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aggrandize, aggrandise [ˈægrənˌdaɪz əˈgrænˌdaɪz]

vb (tr)

1. to increase the power, wealth, prestige, scope, etc., of

2. to cause (something) to seem greater; magnify; exaggerate

[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]

aggrandizement , aggrandisement [əˈgrændɪzmənt] n

aggrandizer , aggrandiser n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

aggrandize - add details to aggrandise, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

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aggrandize

verb exaggerate, advance, promote, intensify, elevate, enlarge, enrich, inflate, dignify, magnify, amplify, augment, exalt, ennoble He would go on and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself.

Translations

aggrandize [əˈgrændaɪz] VT (= increase stature of) [+ person] → engrandecer; (= exaggerate) → agrandar, exagerar
to aggrandize o.s → darse aires(de grandeza)

aggrandize

vt one’s power, empire → vergrößern, erweitern; person, one’s family → befördern; to aggrandize oneself → sich befördern; (= be self-important) → sich wichtigmachen