aggrandize

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1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

   to aggrandize one's authority, distress

2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

   aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others'