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aggrandize
ag·gran·dize A0140700 (ə-grăn′dīz′, ăg′rən-)tr.v. ag·gran·dized, ag·gran·diz·ing, ag·gran·diz·es 1. a. To increase the scope of; extend: aggrandized the authority of his position.b. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation: "The executive branch had aggrandized itself during the war at the expense of the legislative branch" (David Herbert Donald).2. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate: aggrandized his contributions to the project.
[French agrandir, agrandiss-, from Old French : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + grandir, to grow larger (from Latin grandīre, from grandis, large).]
ag·gran′dize·ment (ə-grăn′dĭz-mənt, -dīz′-) n.ag·gran′diz′er n.aggrandize (ˈæɡrənˌdaɪz; əˈɡrænˌdaɪz) or aggrandisevb (tr) 1. to increase the power, wealth, prestige, scope, etc, of2. to cause (something) to seem greater; magnify; exaggerate[C17: from Old French aggrandiss-, long stem of aggrandir to make bigger, from Latin grandis grand; the ending -ize is due to the influence of verbs ending in -ise, -ize] aggrandizement, aggrandisement n ˈaggranˌdizer, ˈaggranˌdiser nag•gran•dize (əˈgræn daɪz, ˈæg rənˌdaɪz)
v.t. -dized, -diz•ing. 1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. 2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor. 3. to make (something) appear greater. [1625–35; < French aggrandiss-, long s. of ag(g)randir to magnify] ag•gran′dize•ment (-dɪz mənt) n. ag•gran•diz•er (əˈgræn daɪ zər, ˈæg rənˌdaɪ-) n. aggrandize
Past participle: aggrandized
Gerund: aggrandizing
| Imperative |
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| aggrandize | | aggrandize |
| Present |
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| I aggrandize | | you aggrandize | | he/she/it aggrandizes | | we aggrandize | | you aggrandize | | they aggrandize |
| Preterite |
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| I aggrandized | | you aggrandized | | he/she/it aggrandized | | we aggrandized | | you aggrandized | | they aggrandized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am aggrandizing | | you are aggrandizing | | he/she/it is aggrandizing | | we are aggrandizing | | you are aggrandizing | | they are aggrandizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have aggrandized | | you have aggrandized | | he/she/it has aggrandized | | we have aggrandized | | you have aggrandized | | they have aggrandized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was aggrandizing | | you were aggrandizing | | he/she/it was aggrandizing | | we were aggrandizing | | you were aggrandizing | | they were aggrandizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had aggrandized | | you had aggrandized | | he/she/it had aggrandized | | we had aggrandized | | you had aggrandized | | they had aggrandized |
| Future |
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| I will aggrandize | | you will aggrandize | | he/she/it will aggrandize | | we will aggrandize | | you will aggrandize | | they will aggrandize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have aggrandized | | you will have aggrandized | | he/she/it will have aggrandized | | we will have aggrandized | | you will have aggrandized | | they will have aggrandized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be aggrandizing | | you will be aggrandizing | | he/she/it will be aggrandizing | | we will be aggrandizing | | you will be aggrandizing | | they will be aggrandizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been aggrandizing | | you have been aggrandizing | | he/she/it has been aggrandizing | | we have been aggrandizing | | you have been aggrandizing | | they have been aggrandizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been aggrandizing | | you will have been aggrandizing | | he/she/it will have been aggrandizing | | we will have been aggrandizing | | you will have been aggrandizing | | they will have been aggrandizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been aggrandizing | | you had been aggrandizing | | he/she/it had been aggrandizing | | we had been aggrandizing | | you had been aggrandizing | | they had been aggrandizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would aggrandize | | you would aggrandize | | he/she/it would aggrandize | | we would aggrandize | | you would aggrandize | | they would aggrandize |
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| I would have aggrandized | | you would have aggrandized | | he/she/it would have aggrandized | | we would have aggrandized | | you would have aggrandized | | they would have aggrandized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | aggrandize - add details toaggrandise, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow upglorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
aggrandizeverb exaggerate, advance, promote, intensify, elevate, enlarge, enrich, inflate, dignify, magnify, amplify, augment, exalt, ennoble He would go on and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself.aggrandizeverb1. To make or become greater or larger:amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.Informal: beef up.2. To raise to a high position or status:apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift.Idiom: put on a pedestal.Translationsagrandiraugmenterétendregrandirgrossiraccrèscereesagerareingrandireaggrandize
Related to aggrandize: vaingloriousSynonyms for aggrandizeverb exaggerateSynonyms- exaggerate
- advance
- promote
- intensify
- elevate
- enlarge
- enrich
- inflate
- dignify
- magnify
- amplify
- augment
- exalt
- ennoble
Synonyms for aggrandizeverb to make or become greater or largerSynonyms- amplify
- augment
- boost
- build
- build up
- burgeon
- enlarge
- escalate
- expand
- extend
- grow
- increase
- magnify
- mount
- multiply
- proliferate
- rise
- run up
- snowball
- soar
- swell
- upsurge
- wax
- beef up
verb to raise to a high position or statusSynonyms- apotheosize
- dignify
- elevate
- ennoble
- exalt
- glorify
- magnify
- uplift
Synonyms for aggrandizeverb add details toSynonyms- aggrandise
- embellish
- pad
- embroider
- lard
- dramatise
- dramatize
- blow up
Related Words- glorify
- exaggerate
- hyperbolise
- hyperbolize
- overstate
- amplify
- magnify
- overdraw
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