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单词 engrandize
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engrandizeengrandisev.

Forms: Also 1600s ingrandize.
Etymology: < French engrandiss- extended stem of engrandi-r , < Italian ingrandire < late Latin ingrandīre , < in- (see in- prefix1) + grandi-s great (see grand adj.). Compare aggrandize v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make great, increase in estimation, importance, power, rank, or wealth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
embroider1629
apotheose1632
grandize1640
engreaten1641
engrandizea1652
mount1651
intronificate1653
magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 55 To ingrandize all, the King created him..Viscount Rochester.
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 163 Curing the Kings Evil..a device to ingrandize the vertue of Kings when Miracles were in fashion.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 95 He engrandiz'd his own Nephews amongst them.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 225 Alexander..endeavoured what he could to ingrandize the Title of Cardinal.
1883 tr. 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.

Derivatives

enˈgrandizing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun]
glorifyinga1340
augmentation?a1439
exaltation1490
erection1503
glorification1549
nobilitatinga1552
sublimating1559
ennobling1596
augmention1605
nobilitation1610
stellifyinga1612
engreateningc1614
superexaltation1618
subliminga1626
stellation1635
aggrandization1649
stellification1650
engrandizinga1652
aggrandizement1656
exaltment1660
apotheosis1738
princification1865
ennoblement1871
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [adjective]
enhancinga1382
augmentive1602
engrandizinga1652
nobilitating1729
exaltative1821
a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 52 With this Ingrandizing Title the King added a great Revenue.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 83 Elate..imaginating, engrandising, preheminencies.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 192 He began..to bend his mind to the ingrandizing this Kinsman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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