aggrandize

To increase the power, status, or wealth of; to make something appear greater than it actually is.

• aggrandizement/əˈɡrændɪzmənt/(n)扩大/夸大
• self-aggrandizing/ˌsɛlfəˈɡrændaɪzɪŋ/(adj)自我吹嘘的

• self-aggrandizement
• aggrandize power
• aggrandize territory
• personal aggrandizement

1. 1.The dictator passed laws designed to aggrandize his own power at the expense of democracy. (increase)
2. 2.His memoir was dismissed as little more than an exercise in self-aggrandizement. (self-promotion)

• enhance/ɪnˈhɑːns/— improve, neutral
• exalt/ɪɡˈzɔːlt/— raise in status
• inflate/ɪnˈfleɪt/— exaggerate

from French "agrandir" — a- (to) + grand (great) — from Latin "grandis" — to make great