D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Aggrandizement

/ăg'-rən-dīzˌ-mənt/ · Ag·gran·dize·ment · IPA /əˈɡrænˌdaɪ̯zmənt/
01 n. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the em…
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    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.