Meaning of Aggrandizement | Babel Free

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The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.

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“The emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own⟳ family.”

“He contented himself therefore with repeating, that his attachment was to Miss⟳ Ashton personally; that he desired neither wealth nor aggrandizement from her father's means and influence⟳, and that nothing should prevent⟳ his keeping his engagement, excepting her own⟳ express⟳ desire that it should be relinquished—and he requested as a favour that the matter⟳ might be no more mentioned betwixt them at present⟳, assuring the Marquis of A—— that he should be his confident in its progress⟳ or its interruption.”

“The political analyst, speaking on the second installment of the show⟳ after its debut on Saturday, said the president's motivation has always been either 'self-aggrandizement' or 'self-preservation.'”

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