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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -aggrandizes-, *aggrandizes*, aggrandize
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
aggrandizes
aggrandize

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
aggrandize(vt) เพิ่ม, See also: ทำให้มากขึ้น, Syn. increase, enlarge, intensify

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
แผ่อำนาจ(v) aggrandize, See also: enhance/enlarge/increase/expand/extend one's power, Syn. แผ่อิทธิพล, Example: เมืองจกซึ่งเป็นไทยบริเวณลุ่มแม่น้ำกาหลงมุ่งหน้าแผ่อำนาจไปทางทิศตะวันออกจนมีอาณาเขตจดทะเลเหลือง, Thai Definition: ขยายอํานาจให้กว้างขวาง

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Aggrandize

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrandized p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing ] [ F. agrandir; à (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See Grand, and cf. Finish. ] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To augment; exalt; promote; advance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aggrandize

v. i. To increase or become great. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aggrandizement

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 ]

Aggrandizer

n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
aggrandizement(n) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something, Syn. elevation, aggrandisement, Example: the aggrandizement of the king; his elevation to cardinal

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