单词 | grandize |
释义 | grandizev. Now rare. transitive. To make (esp. exaggeratedly or unduly) great or grand; to aggrandize.The precise meaning intended in quot. 1854 is not certain. 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 1640 H. Burton Replie to Relation of Conf. between Laude & Fisher 239 Why doe you call the Lords supper, The Great Sacrament of the Eucharist?..it is so grandized in the Church of Rome, as it is made like the Great Diana of the Ephesians. 1656 M. Nedham Excellencie of Free-State 163 It hath bin usual not to suffer particular persons to Grandise or greaten themselves more than ordinary. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. xlvi. 73 The many mountains of our Age, grandized by the unlawfull ruine of others. a1680 J. Harrington Horæ Consecratæ (1682) 154 Both [love and fear] together, are to the sanctified Soul, as Ballast to a Ship, to keep it steady, and doth grandize, elevate, and enlarge each affection. 1854 F. J. Hall Next of Kin II. i. 32 I have been so grandized, so dazzled, so overawed, that I have scarcely been able to breathe. 2014 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 8 Mar. 28 The more beautiful I made her, the more she hated it. She accused me of grandising her journey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1640 |
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