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overaggrandize

verb

Etymology

From over- + aggrandize.

  1. borrowed from agrandir
  2. prefixed as overaggrandize — “over + aggrandize”

Definitions

  1. To make greater than is appropriate.

    • Does my child have the tendency to overaggrandize my ex-spouse, without seeing his or her faults?
    • We far too often overaggrandize innovation.
    • I don't want to overaggrandize him to make up for the past, but I want to be very respectful of how he really was.

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