AG'GRANDIZE, verb transitive [Latin ad and grandis. See Grand.] 1. To make great or greater in power, rank or honor; to exalt, as, to aggrandize a family. 2. To enlarge, applied to things; as, to aggrandize our conceptions. It seems to be never applied to the bulk or dimensions of material bodies.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI