Meaning & use
aggrandize
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to increase the power, status, or reputation of someone or something, often beyond what is warranted.
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Critics accused the mayor of using the project to aggrandize himself politically.
The memoir seemed designed to aggrandize the author's role in the company's success.
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Aggrandize often carries a negative connotation, suggesting exaggerated or self-serving enhancement of importance.
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