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Verb: aggrandize  u'gran-dIz
  1. Add details to
    "I can't decide between the assorted aggrandize brands and the sizes"
    - embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise [Brit], blow up, dramatize, dramatise [Brit]

Derived forms: aggrandized, aggrandizing, aggrandizes

See also: aggrandizement

Type of: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

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