aggrandize

Other spellings

• (UK) aggrandise

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈɡrændaɪ̯z/

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

Plain form aggrandize

Third-person singular aggrandizes

Past tense aggrandized

Past participle aggrandized

Present participle aggrandizing

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