Part 252

<blockquote>Follies, continued till old age, do <b>aggrandize</b>. <i>J. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aggrandizement</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag*gran"dize*ment</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agrandissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; <as>as, the emperor seeks only the <ex>aggrandizement</ex> of his own family</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.</syn>

<h1>Aggrandizer</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"gran*di`zer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who aggrandizes, or makes great.</def>

<h1>Aggrate</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag*grate"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>aggratare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad + gratus</ets> pleasing. See <er>Grate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To please.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Each one sought his lady to <b>aggrate</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aggravate</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"gra*vate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Aggravated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Aggravating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>aggravatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aggravare</ets>. See <er>Aggrieve</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>aggravate</i> thy store."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.</def> "To <i>aggravate</i> my woes."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>To <b>aggravate</b> the horrors of the scene. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather <b>aggravate</b> than extenuate his crime. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; <as>as, to <ex>aggravate</ex> circumstances</as>.</def>

<i>Paley.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>If both were to <b>aggravate</b> her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. <i>Richardson (Clarissa).</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.</syn>

<h1>Aggravating</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"gra*va`ting</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Making worse or more heinous; <as>as, <ex>aggravating</ex> circumstances</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exasperating; provoking; irritating.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A thing at once ridiculous and <b>aggravating</b>. <i>J. Ingelow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aggravatingly</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"gra*va`ting*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an aggravating manner.</def>

<h1>Aggravation</h1> <Xpage=32>