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to aggrandize
01
to make someone or something more powerful, important, or wealthy
Transitive: to aggrandize the influence or power of something
Formal
Examples
The company 's new policies are designed to aggrandize the CEO's influence.
02
to make a person or thing seem more important or impressive than they actually are
Transitive: to aggrandize a person or their achievements
Formal
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
aggrandize
3rd person singular
aggrandizes
Present participle
aggrandizing
Past simple
aggrandized
Past participle
aggrandized
Examples
They had aggrandized their company's success in the report.
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