aggrandise /əˈɡɹændaɪ̯z/ verb4 •To make great; to enlarge; to increase.[They] doe adde vnto the bitternesse of that Day, and agrandise the heauie weight of trouble. — 1624 •(formal) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others' •To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).[…] the aggrandizing of your estate by well managed fortune […] may well set out your praises to the world […] — 1635 •(rare) To increase or become great.The generals, like Hitler, wanted Germany to aggrandize at the expense of neighboring countries, and to do so if necessary by force or threat of force. — 1946 formsaggrandised · aggrandising · aggrandises