aggrandize

ag·gran·dize

 (ə-grăn′dīz′, ăg′rən-)

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

1.

a. To increase the scope of; extend: aggrandized the authority of his position.

b. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation: "The executive branch had aggrandized itself during the war at the expense of the legislative branch" (David Herbert Donald).

2. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate: aggrandized his contributions to the project.

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

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ag·gran′dize·ment (ə-grăn′dĭz-mənt, -dīz′-) n.

ag·gran′diz′er n.

aggrandize

(ˈæɡrənˌdaɪz; əˈɡrænˌdaɪz) or

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]

aggrandizement, aggrandisement n

ˈaggranˌdizer, ˈaggranˌdiser n

ag•gran•dize

(əˈgræn daɪz, ˈæg rənˌdaɪz)

v.t. -dized, -diz•ing.

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.

[1625–35; < French aggrandiss-, long s. of ag(g)randir to magnify]

ag•gran′dize•ment (-dɪz mənt) n.

ag•gran•diz•er (əˈgræn daɪ zər, ˈæg rənˌdaɪ-) n.

aggrandize

Past participle: aggrandized
Gerund: aggrandizing

Imperative

aggrandize

aggrandize

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"

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.

aggrandize

verb

1. To make or become greater or larger:

amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.

Informal: beef up.

2. To raise to a high position or status:

apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift.

Idiom: put on a pedestal.

Translations

agrandiraugmenterétendregrandirgrossir

accrèscereesagerareingrandire

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