aggrandize
verb (used with object)
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
aggrandise
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a variation of
aggrandize.
Example Sentences
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Oliver Fairclough, the Keeper of Art at the National Museum of Wales, said the Nazis accrued works to aggrandise themselves and their regime.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014
It seems incongruous that the founder of the Gestapo should be an art collector but he was building up a collection to aggrandise the Reich.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014
Several Bishops, particularly the Archbishop of Passaw, have dismember'd their Dioceses to aggrandise its Jurisdiction.
I should say there is this satisfactory conclusion to be drawn from what we have seen, that if France showed a disposition to aggrandise herself all Europe would be against her.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
The choice calling Of the aspiring artist, whose ambition Robs Nature to outdo her—the perfections Of her rare various workmanship combines To aggrandise his art at Nature’s cost, And make a paragon!
From The Love-chase by Henry Morley
