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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
aggrandise .
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Examples
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Meadows never sentimentalises or aggrandises these people.
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Achieving virtuous or vicious acts, one brings them up and aggrandises them.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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By giving a piece of earth containing mineral wealth, the giver aggrandises his family and race.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The cases are analogous to some before-named in which more abundant food simultaneously aggrandises the individual and adds to the production of new individuals -- the differences between cases being that instead of a better external supply of material there is a better internal utilisation of materials.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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Mr. Godwin, in all his writings, dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a subject, aggrandises a sentiment, exaggerates a character, or pushes an argument to extremes, and makes up by the force of style and continuity of feeling for what he wants in variety of incident or ease of manner.
The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits William Hazlitt 1804
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Meadows never sentimentalises or aggrandises these people.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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