aggrandize
VerbWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. i. To increase or become great. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. --J. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrandized; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing.] [F. agrandir; [`a] (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See Grand, and cf. Finish.]
1.To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. [1913 Webster]
2.To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. [1913 Webster]
His scheme for aggrandizing his son.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
3.To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance. [1913 Webster]