aggrandize
verb (used with object)
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
have aggrandized
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present perfectof aggrandize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have aggrandized the power of Russia in two ways, which I will state with perfect distinctness.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Sir Edgar R. (Edgar Rees) Jones
