Definition of "aggrandizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrandize. (verb)

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• "Here the author aggrandizes the stereotype of the lazy nobleman—a familiar figure from Spanish literature—beyond its value for the question at hand, and his passing endorsement of "blood" as a determinant of character seems ill-judged."
• "But since this puppet show aggrandizes both the relentlessly power-accreting bureaucrats of the WTO and the multinationals, neither has any reason to let the cat out of the bag in public."
• "This brings us straight to reason #2: patriarchy, which splits the entire human experience into male and female categories and aggrandizes the former and deprecates the latter."