aggrandise

Other spellings

• (US) aggrandize

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈɡrændaɪ̯z/

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Verb

Plain form aggrandise

Third-person singular aggrandises

Past tense aggrandised

Past participle aggrandised

Present participle aggrandising

1. (transitive) If you aggrandise something, you increase the power or status of it.