Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aggrandizement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aggrandizement \Ag*gran"dize*ment\ (?; 277), 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.
Syn: Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement;
promotion; preferment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aggrandizement
n : the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or
scope of something [syn: {aggrandisement}, {elevation}]
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