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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
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Examples
The company 's new policies are designed to aggrandize the CEO's influence.
The monarch aggrandized his empire through military conquests.
02
to make a person or thing seem more important or impressive than they actually are
Transitive: to aggrandize a person or their achievements
FormalExamples
They had aggrandized their company's success in the report.
The biography aggrandized the author's contributions to literature.
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