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单词 grandize
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grandizev.

Brit. /ˈɡrandʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɡrænˌdaɪz/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– grandize, 1600s 2000s– grandise.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grand adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < grand adj. + -ize suffix. Compare slightly earlier aggrandize v.
Now rare.
transitive. To make (esp. exaggeratedly or unduly) great or grand; to aggrandize.The precise meaning intended in quot. 1854 is not certain.
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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).
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