aggrandise

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, ''to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress''.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To increase or become great.

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