Aggrandize
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To make appear greater; to increase; as, to aggrandize one's authority, distress.

2. (v. t.) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

3. (v. t.) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

4. (v. i.) To increase or become great.

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Let no one Deceive Himself, nor Put Forward the Pretext of Having ...
... found such property. For it is not lawful, even for a man who has found
anything, to aggrandize himself by it. For Deuteronomy says ...
/.../thaumaturgus/canonical epistle of gregory thaumaturgus/canon iv let no one.htm

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.
... Accursed is that man who heaps to himself knowledge till he becomes wise as Solomon,
and then prostitutes it to base ends by using it to aggrandize his wealth ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 30 1884/knowledge worship gratitude.htm

Behold, did not Achar the Son of Zara Transgress in the Accursed ...
... But he took what belonged to enemies; while these now take what belongs to brethren,
and aggrandize themselves with fatal gains. Footnotes: ...
/.../canonical epistle of gregory thaumaturgus/canon iii behold did not.htm

Christian Morals. Part iii.
... honours God, who imitates him; for what we virtuously imitate we approve and admire:
and since we delight not to imitate inferiors, we aggrandize and magnify ...
//christianbookshelf.org/browne/christian morals/christian morals part iii.htm

To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, First Lord Commissioner of the ...
... Lorenzo, these are thoughts that make man Man, 110. The wise illumine,
aggrandize the great. ... Can place or lessen us, or aggrandize? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/young/youngs night thoughts/to the right hon henry.htm

Answer to Mr. W's First Objection.
... This Mr. W. charges them with: To aggrandize the fame of their Master, as a worker
of miracles, he says, was the design of all the Evangelists, especially of ...
/.../section 1 answer to mr.htm

On the Holy Spirit
... he should frame a new world to himself in theory; sometimes by warm imaginations,
and sometimes by cool reasonings, endeavour to aggrandize his condition and ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 141 on the holy.htm

[Greek: En Toyto Nika]
... And let us remember this, that whenever we fancy ourselves to be strong and powerful,
and think to aggrandize ourselves at our neighbour's expense, and to ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxxiv greek en toyto.htm

Introductory Notice to the Decretals.
... Could it possibly happen that the Popes, to whom these epistles are so very favourable,
would never have cited and alleged them to aggrandize their own ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/introductory notice to the decretals.htm

Jews.
... these imaginary potentates, from the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, the
Jews have ever been strenuous in maintaining, partly to aggrandize their nation ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/jews.htm

Thesaurus
Aggrandize (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make appear greater; to increase; as, to
aggrandize one's authority, distress. ...Aggrandize (1 Occurrence). ...
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Unbecomingly (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself,
nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY NAS). ...
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Wrongs (26 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize
herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY NIV). ...
/w/wrongs.htm - 13k

Passionate (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself,
nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY). ...
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Blaze (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize
herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY). ...
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Brood (19 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself,
nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY). ...
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Aggravated (1 Occurrence)

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Aggaeus

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Herself (121 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself,
nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY). ...
/h/herself.htm - 36k

Anger (387 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 13:5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself,
nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs. (WEY NIV). ...
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Concordance
Aggrandize (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 13:5
She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Aggrandize

Related Terms

Unbecomingly (1 Occurrence)

Wrongs (26 Occurrences)

Passionate (6 Occurrences)

Blaze (9 Occurrences)

Brood (19 Occurrences)

Aggravated (1 Occurrence)

Aggaeus

Herself (121 Occurrences)

Anger (387 Occurrences)

Wrong (391 Occurrences)

Aggaeus
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