aggrandize

t. & i. [In Fr. agrandir; Ital. aggrandire: Lat. ad to, addition to, and grandio = to make great; grand is = great.] A. Transitive : *1. To make great, to enlarge. (Lit. and fig .) (In this sense it was applied to things.) "These furnish us with glorious springs and mediums, to raise and aggrandize our conceptions, to warm our souls, to awaken the better pa ions, and to elevate them even to a divine pitch, and that for devotional purposes."-Watts: Improv. of the Mind. 2. To make great in power, wealth, rank, or reputation. (Applied only to persons.) "If the king should use it no better than the pope did, only to aggrandize covetous churchmen, it cannot be called a jewel in his crown."- Ayliffe : Parergon. B. Intransitive: To become great. "Such sins as these are venial in youth, especially if expiated with timely abjure ment for follies continued till old age do aggrandize and become horrid." -John Hall Pref. to his Poems . ag'-grand-ized, pa . par . & a. [AGGRANDIZE.J "Austria may dislike the establishment on her frontier of an aggrandized or new Court, whether likely to receive inspiration from St. Petersburg or from Berlin."- Times , Nov. 16, 1877.