aggrandize
aggrandize is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.
- 2.To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb.
- 3.To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- advance
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravation
- ahead
- ascend
- ascent
- augment
- augmentation
- crescendo
- deepen
- development
- dilatation
- dilate
- disperse
- dispersion
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- exacerbate
- exacerbation
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exalt
- exasperate
- expand
- expansion
- extension
- flame
- flood
- fuel
- gain
- get
- grow
- growth
- heighten
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is aggrandize.
- What is to make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott called?
- What is to make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb called?
- What is to increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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