aggrandize


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aggrandize /əˈɡrandʌɪz/ (or aggrandise /əˈgrandʌɪz/)
verb increase the power, status, or wealth of.

■ artificially enhance the reputation of.

– derivatives
aggrandizement noun,
aggrandizer noun.
– origin C17: from Fr. agrandiss-, agrandir, prob. from Ital. aggrandire, from L. grandis ‘large’.
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