aggrandize
- IPA[əˈɡranˌdīz]
美式
- increase the power, status, or wealth of;enhance the reputation of (someone) beyond what is justified by the facts
verb: aggrandize, 3rd person present: aggrandizes, gerund or present participle: aggrandizing, past tense: aggrandized, past participle: aggrandized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. increase the power, status, or wealth of an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty
- ▪ enhance the reputation of (someone) beyond what is justified by the facts he hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero's death
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- IPA[əˈɡrandʌɪz]
英式
- increase the power, status, or wealth of: an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty
Oxford Dictionary