āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
aggrandize
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aggrandise
to aggrandize
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āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make someone or something more powerful, important, or wealthy
Transitive: to aggrandize the influence or power of something
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The monarch aggrandized his empire through military conquests.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a person or thing seem more important or impressive than they actually are
Transitive: to aggrandize a person or their achievements
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The biography aggrandized the author's contributions to literature.
āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
aggrandizement
aggrandize
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