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aggrandising

vb. (present participle of aggrandise English)

Usage examples of "aggrandising".

Lockhart's Life of Napoleon (cover wanting, marginal annotations, minimising victories, aggrandising defeats of the protagonist).

Yet it is to be feared that such an adept too often starts on the path with the hideous idea of aggrandising his own personality to the utmost.