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aggrandize

🇬🇧 UK/ә'grændaiz/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To increase the power, wealth, or importance of someone or something, often excessively

扩大权势,抬高地位;夸大,吹捧

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
agto, toward
+
grandgreat, large, magnificent
+
izeto make, to become
=aggrandize

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The dictator sought to aggrandize his power through military expansion.

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