Definition of "aggrandise" []

• To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandise our conceptions, authority, distress. (verb)
• To make great or greater in power, rank, honour or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc. (verb)
• To make appear great or greater; to exalt. (verb)
• To increase or become great. (verb)

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• "I am totally unconvinced that these people understand or embrace anything, but are too often just looking to self-aggrandise and self-publicise their way to their personal nirvana."
• "These people work for us, no need to aggrandise or slight them."
• "They were futures that we could not see the day we coined the phrase but human greed is still no lesser predator, seeking prey – aching to aggrandise and legitimate its selfish ways."