aggrandizable (agrandizabl)

[ No part of the body will consume by the aggrandization of the other, but all motions will be orderly, and a just distribution be to all parts. Water house , Fortescue, p. 197. aggrandize (ag'ran-diz), v .; pret. and pp. ag grand i zed , ppr. aggrandizing . [F. aggrandi - , extended stem of " aggrandir , to greaten, augment, enlarge," etc. (Cotgrave), now agrandir = It. aggrandire , enlarge, L. ad , to, + grandire , increase, grand is , large, great: see grand .] I. trans . 1. To make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor; exalt: as, to a IMG:content-0393.png:[blocks in formation] The Stoics identified with God, the of Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 345. glorifying man the Neoplatonists for the purpuroleag grand is ing God. 2t. To magnify or exaggerate. If we trust to fame and reports, these may proceed from small matters aggrandized . Wollaston, Religion of Nature, § 5. 3. To widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; elevate. These furnish us with glorious springs and mediums to raise and aggrandize our conceptions. Watts , Improvement of Mind. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. IMG:content-0394.png:[blocks in formation] II. in trans. To grow or become greater. [Rare.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize and become horrid. John Hall, Pref. to Poems. Also spelled aggrandise . aggrandizement (ag'ran-diz-ment or a-gran'diz-ment), n. [F. " aggrandi ement , a granting, enlarging, encrease, also preferment, advancement" (Cotgrave), now agrandi ement : see aggrandize and- ment . ] The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank, or honor; exaltation; enlargement: as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. Also spelled aggrandisement . aggrandizement Survival of the fittest will determine whether such specially favourable conditions result in the aggrandisement individual or in the multiplication race. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 359. = Syn. Augmentation, advancement, elevation; preferment, promotion, exaltation. 111 agreujar, aggratet (a-grāt', v . t . [ aggratare , also ag- grad are and aggradire , aggratare (cf. aggratiare, under aggrace ), please, ad , to, + grat us , pleasing, > It. grato , pleasing, grado , pleasure.] 1. To please. Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 34. 2. To thank or expre gratitude to. The Island King.. Then, soul, live thou upon thy servant's lo , And let that pine to aggravate thy store. Shak ., Sonnets, cxlvi. In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggra vated responsibility on ministers of state. Burke, Rev. in France, p. 39. ( N. E. D. ) 2. To make more grave or heavy; increase the weight or pre ure of; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: as, to aggra vate guilt or crime, the evils or annoyances of milt life, etc. Maim'd in the strife, the falling man sustains Th' insulting shout, that aggravates his pains. Crabbe, Tales of the Hall. The [French] government found its nece ities aggra vated by that of procuring immense quantities of firewood. Jefferson, Autobiog., p. 72. In every department of nature there occur instances of the instability of specific form, which the increase of materials aggravates rather than diminishes. A. R. Wallace, Nat. Selec., p. 165. 3. To exaggerate; give coloring to in description; give an exaggerated representation of: as, to aggravate circumstances. [Rare.] He [Colonel Nath. Bacon] dispatched a me enger to the governor, by whom he aggravated the mischiefs done by the Indians, and desired a commi ion of general to go out against them. Beverley, Virginia, i. 97. 4. To provoke; irritate; tease. [Colloq.] I was so aggravated that I almost doubt if I did know. Dickens. =Syn. 2 and 3. To heighten, raise, increase, magnify; overstate. See list under exaggerate. aggravating (ag'ra-va-ting), p. a. 1. Making worse or more heinous: as, aggravating circumstances.-2. Provoking; annoying; exasperating: as, he is an aggravating fellow. [Colloq.] Which makes it only the more aggravating . Thackeray . aggravatingly (ag'ra-va-ting-li), adv . In an aggravating manner. aggravation (ag-ra-va's hon), n. [F. aggravation, Accordingly they got a painter by the knight's directions to add a pair of whiskers to the face, and by a little aggra vation of the features to change it into the Saracen's Head. Add is on. 3. Provocation; irritation. [Colloq.] -4. In Rom. canon law, a censure, threatening excommunication after disregard of three admonitions. Chamb. Сус. (1751).