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

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
aggrandize(อะแกรน' ไดซ, แอก'กระไดซ) vt. =aggrandise, Syn. promote, augment

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
aggrandize(vt) ขยาย, เพิ่ม, คุยโว

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]
aggrandize
aggrandizement
aggrandizement

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
aggrandize
aggrandized
aggrandizes
aggrandizement
aggrandizements

WordNet (3.0)
aggrandizement(n) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something, Syn. elevation, aggrandisement

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Aggrandize

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

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

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 ]

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 ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
押し広める;押しひろめる;押広める[おしひろめる, oshihiromeru] (v1, vt) to extend by force; to aggrandize; to aggrandise [Add to Longdo]
御為ごかし;お為ごかし[おためごかし, otamegokashi] (n) self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence) [Add to Longdo]
自己肥大[じこひだい, jikohidai] (n) self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon itself [Add to Longdo]

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