grandifyv.

Brit.

/ˈɡrandᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrændəˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1600s grandifi, 1600s 1800s 2000s– grandify.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin grandis , -fy suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin grandis grand adj. + -fy suffix, originally (in quot. 1665 for grandifying adj. at Derivatives) after French grandifier (1666 in the passage translated).

Now rare.

transitive. To make great or greater; to aggrandize; to make (more) grand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]

heavec825

higheOE

brightenOE

clarifya1340

glorifya1340

enhancec1374

stellifyc1384

biga1400

exalt?a1400

raisea1400

shrinea1400

to bear up?a1425

enhighc1440

erect?a1475

assumec1503

amount1523

dignifya1530

to set up1535

extol1545

enthronize1547

augment1567

sublimate?1567

sublime1568

assumptc1571

begoda1576

royalize1589

suscitate1598

swell1601

consecrate1605

realize1611

reara1616

sphere1615

ingreata1620

superexalta1626

soara1627

ascend1628

rise1628

embroider1629

apotheose1632

grandize1640

engreaten1641

engrandizea1652

mount1651

intronificate1653

magnificent1656

superposit1661

grandify1665

heroify1677

apotheosize1695

enthrone1699

aggrandize1702

pantheonize1801

hoist1814

princify1847

queen1880

heroize1887

1665 [see grandifying adj. at Derivatives].

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 92 Whom that..God mai saluifi, fortifi and grandifi.

1826 E. A. Kendall Lett. to Friend ii. xvi. 332 It makes use..of the blind patronage of authority, to insinuate and grandify itself.

1897 Brit. Architect 6 Aug. 93/2 Repudiating, as I do, all idea of grandifying London at a coup, or to any great extent formalising it.

2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 21 Aug. Stella 42 It would have been two cottages that were joined in the 18th century, with the pediment added in an attempt to ‘grandify’ it.

Derivatives

ˈgrandifying adj.

ΚΠ

1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi cxcv. 330 Greatness transcendent and not categorical is that, by reason whereof it is term'd great, and acts very much; its Conjugates are Great, Grandifying [Fr. grandifiant], or Magnifying, Magnificative, Magnification, and to Magnifie.

1864 M. B. Betham-Edwards Dr. Jacob II. i. 12 Count Josef..complained of the canaille—this sort of patriotism was strengthening and grandifying.

2002 R. Padel 52 Ways of Looking at Poem xi. 104 This formal, rather clichéd, impersonal, grandifying abstract phrase..is both funny and menacing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandify
释义	grandifyv. Brit. /ˈɡrandᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡrændəˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1600s grandifi, 1600s 1800s 2000s– grandify. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin grandis , -fy suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin grandis grand adj. + -fy suffix, originally (in quot. 1665 for grandifying adj. at Derivatives) after French grandifier (1666 in the passage translated). Now rare. transitive. To make great or greater; to aggrandize; to make (more) grand. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 1665 [see grandifying adj. at Derivatives]. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 92 Whom that..God mai saluifi, fortifi and grandifi. 1826 E. A. Kendall Lett. to Friend ii. xvi. 332 It makes use..of the blind patronage of authority, to insinuate and grandify itself. 1897 Brit. Architect 6 Aug. 93/2 Repudiating, as I do, all idea of grandifying London at a coup, or to any great extent formalising it. 2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 21 Aug. Stella 42 It would have been two cottages that were joined in the 18th century, with the pediment added in an attempt to ‘grandify’ it. Derivatives ˈgrandifying adj. ΚΠ 1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi cxcv. 330 Greatness transcendent and not categorical is that, by reason whereof it is term'd great, and acts very much; its Conjugates are Great, Grandifying [Fr. grandifiant], or Magnifying, Magnificative, Magnification, and to Magnifie. 1864 M. B. Betham-Edwards Dr. Jacob II. i. 12 Count Josef..complained of the canaille—this sort of patriotism was strengthening and grandifying. 2002 R. Padel 52 Ways of Looking at Poem xi. 104 This formal, rather clichéd, impersonal, grandifying abstract phrase..is both funny and menacing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1665
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