Aggrandize

[ə'grændaɪz] or [əˈɡrænˌdaɪz,ˈæɡrən-]

(v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

(v. t.) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

(v. t.) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

(v. i.) To increase or become great.

Checker: Rene

v. a. Exalt, dignify, honor, elevate, promote, make great, raise to higher rank.

Checker: Willa

SYN:Promote, dignify, exalt, ennoble, enrich, advance, augment, make_great,magnify, elevate, signalize

ANT:Depress, degrade, enfeeble, Impoverish, debase, humiliate, lower, abase,disgrace, dishonor

Typist: Miguel