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aggrandizement|əˈgrændɪzmənt|
Also aggrandisement.
[a. Fr. agrandissement (spelt by Cotgr. 1611 aggr-), n. of action f. agrandir: see aggrandize and -ment.]
1. The action of aggrandizing or exalting in power, rank, or influence; exaltation, advancement.
1656Blount Glossogr., Aggrandisement, a greatning, inlarging, advancement. 1670G. H., tr. Hist. Cardinals ii. i. 134 They..give themselves over to the aggrandizement of their Nephews. 1730Bolingbroke On Hist. vii. (R.) He projected the aggrandizement of France. 1848Lytton Harold ix. 278 Enemies..would encounter Tostig in every scheme for his personal aggrandisement.
2. The state or condition of being aggrandized.
1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. Pref. 7 Who looked upon the fall of Jerusalem as their own aggrandisement. 1839James Louis XIV, III. 214 That his success and his aggrandizement were intimately united with those of France. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 7 Utter indifference to worldly aggrandizement.
3. lit. Enlargement, increase in size.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 305 The aggrandizement within the estuaries far more than compensated the losses on the open coast. |