资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrandized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Aggrandizing}.] [F. agrandir; [`a] (L. ad) +
   grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See
   {Grand}, and cf. {Finish}.]
   1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize
      our conceptions, authority, distress.

   2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth;
      -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

            His scheme for aggrandizing his son.  --Prescott.

   3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb.

   Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.