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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ag·gran·dize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrandized p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing ]
 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.
    His scheme for aggrandizing his son.   --Prescott.
 3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
 Syn: -- To augment; exalt; promote; advance.