aggrandize
verb (used with object)
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
had aggrandized
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past perfectof aggrandize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Their aim was chiefly directed against Austria and Venice, which had aggrandized themselves at the expense of the Moslem power.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
The dukes and the electors whom he had made kings, the princes whose domains he had aggrandized, were to unite in a confederation for the protection of the new State of Germany.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
The privileged orders had aggrandized themselves at the expense of the community.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
