aggrandize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to increase the power, wealth, or reputation of someone or something

   The ruler sought to aggrandize his estate at his neighbors' expense.

From French agrandir ('to make larger'), from a- ('to', from Latin ad) + grandir ('to grow larger'), from Latin grandire, from grandis ('great, large'); the English -ize form is by influence of verbs in -ize.

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