Definitions for aggrandize
əˈgræn daɪz, ˈæg rənˌdaɪzag·gran·dize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatiseverb

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WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. aggrandizeverb

   To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as,

   We must aggrandize our conceptions, authority, and distress.

2. aggrandizeverb

   To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.

3. aggrandizeverb

   To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

4. aggrandizeverb

   To increase or become great.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To AGGRANDIZEverb

   To make great; to enlarge; to exalt; to improve in power, honour, or rank. It is applied to persons generally, sometimes to things.

   Etymology: aggrandiser, Fr.

   If the king should use it no better than the pope did, only to aggrandize covetous churchmen, it cannot be called a jewel in his crown. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

   These furnish us with glorious springs and mediums, to raise and aggrandize our conceptions, to warm our souls, to awaken the better passions, and to elevate them even to a divine pitch, and that for devotional purposes. Isaac Watts, Improv. of the Mind.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aggrandize

   Aggrandize refers to the act of increasing the power, status, wealth, or importance of something or someone, often in an exaggerated or deceitful manner. It can also refer to enhancing the reputation or prominence of something or someone beyond what is justified by the facts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aggrandizeverb

   to make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress

2. Aggrandizeverb

   to make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc

3. Aggrandizeverb

   to make appear great or greater; to exalt

4. Aggrandizeverb

   to increase or become great

How to pronounce aggrandize?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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How to say aggrandize in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aggrandize in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aggrandize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of aggrandize in a Sentence

1. Robert Stephens:

   People are being seduced into thinking oh wonderful 25 years in the City. She got to the top of the City, it assigns to her understanding of the way the financial world works which simply aren't so. The question is why she feels it necessary to self aggrandize herself in that way.

2. District Attorney Janet DiFiore:

   Throughout his five years, Garnett Spears was forced to suffer through repeated hospitalizations, unneeded surgical procedures and ultimately poisoning with salt, all at the hands of the one person who should have been his ultimate protector: his mother, using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death.

3. District Attorney Janet DiFiore:

   Using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death.

4. Barbara Bloom:

   When the Japanese mend broken objects they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold, because they believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aggrandize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aggrandize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=aggrandize
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggrandize