aggrandize
verb (used with object)
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
aggrandizes
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present tense formof aggrandize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Jackson fired back that Barrett’s approach actually aggrandizes the role of the court and elevates it over Congress.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
With Iowa fully in the rearview mirror, expect to hear a variation on the phrase “Iowa picks corn, New Hampshire picks presidents,” a favorite local slogan that aggrandizes the state’s role in the nominating process.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Trinidad Gonzales, a history professor at South Texas College, said the pamphlet aggrandizes Manifest Destiny, the belief that American settlers had the God-given right to expand across North America.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
It seems like, among other things a miserable mindset, one that aggrandizes your ego but withers your soul.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019
As he life detests, More life is still more odious; and, reduced By conquest, aggrandizes more his power.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
