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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
  3. 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. Syn. -- Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.
  4. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized orexalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement;as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
  5. n:100 n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something