aggrandize.
To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
Meaning & usage
To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
to aggrandize one's authority, distress
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others'
To increase or become great.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree French a- Proto-Italic *grandis Latin grandis Old French grant Middle French grand French grand Proto-Italic *-jezi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -īre French -ir French agrandirbor. English ag- English grand Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English aggrandize From French agrandir. By surface analysis, ag- + grand + -ize.
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