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† enˈgrandize, -ise, v. Obs.
Also 7 ingrandize.
[a. Fr. engrandiss- extended stem of engrandi-r, ad. It. ingrandire:—late L. ingrandīre, f. in- (see in-) + grandi-s great (see grand). Cf. aggrandize.]
trans. To make great, increase in estimation, importance, power, rank, or wealth.
1625in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 159 Curing the Kings Evil..a device to ingrandize the vertue of Kings when Miracles were in fashion. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 55 To ingrandize all, the King created him..Viscount Rochester. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. iii. 95 He engrandiz'd his own Nephews amongst them. Ibid. iii. i. 225 Alexander..endeavoured what he could to ingrandize the Title of Cardinal. 1883tr. Allocution Pope Leo XIII in Daily News 1 Sept. 2/2 Many..who are led away by the idea of constituting and engrandising the nation.
Hence enˈgrandizing. vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 192 He began..to bend his mind to the ingrandizing this Kinsman. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 52 With this Ingrandizing Title the King added a great Revenue. 1657Reeve God's Plea 83 Elate..imaginating, engrandising, preheminencies. |