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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 277)

Noun.

[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

Syn. – Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.

Noun.

The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; exaltation; enlargement.

The Emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.