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Noun

  1. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement
  2. :The emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.


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fr:aggrandizement te:aggrandizement vi:aggrandizement tr:aggrandizement

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Aggrandizement \Ag*gran"dize*ment\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F.
agrandissement.]
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or
exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation;
enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of
his own family.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement;
promotion; preferment.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet aggrandizement
n : the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or
scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king";
"his elevation to cardinal" [syn: aggrandisement, elevation]
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