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Definition of Aggrandised
1. aggrandise [v] - See also: aggrandise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aggrandised
Literary usage of Aggrandised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1862)
"If Italy is to be unified, and Rome and Venice to be incorporated with the rest
of the peninsula, France mnst be aggrandised still more, by the island of ..."
2. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1879)
"As though it were he that had commanded success in war, and aggrandised the State
by his generals and armies.'—C. & B. Tr.: ' As though he had himself ..."
3. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1804)
"He showed that France had not been aggrandised ir.ore by peace than war.
He referred to former negotiations, after which, and particularly after the refusal ..."
4. Selections from the Papers of Lord Metcalfe, Late Governor-general of India by Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Metcalfe (1855)
"That our power, reputation, glory, have been aggrandised, I cannot deny. They have
been proudly and nobly aggrandised. I have also heard much of a charming ..."
5. A Selection from the Despatches, Treaties, and Other Papers of the Marquess by Arthur Wellesley Wellington, Richard Wellesley Wellesley, Sidney James Owen (1877)
"That our power, reputation, glory, have been aggrandised, I cannot deny. They have
been proudly and nobly aggrandised. I have also heard much of a charming ..."
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