| 单词 |
aggrandizing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. aggrandizing, vbl. n.|ˈægrændaɪzɪŋ| [f. aggrandize v. + -ing1.] The act or process of making greater, increasing, or exalting; aggrandizement.
1670G. H. tr. Hist. Cardinals i. iii. 63 How much the Popes have exceeded in aggrandizing of Cardinals. 1783Wesley in Wks. (1872) IV. 245 His aggrandizing the Psalms..even above the New Testament. ▪ II. aggrandizing, ppl. a.|ˈægrændaɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Increasing in power or influence.
1879McCarthy Own Times II. 351 To restrain the aggressive and aggrandizing spirit of Russia. |

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