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overaggrandise

overaggrandise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overaggrandize.

Meaning of overaggrandize

Verb

overaggrandize (third-person singular simple present overaggrandizes, present participle overaggrandizing, simple past and past participle overaggrandized)

  1. To make greater than is appropriate.
    • Does my child have the tendency to overaggrandize my ex-spouse, without seeing his or her faults?1985, David J. Juroe, Bonnie B. Juroe, Successful Stepparenting, →ISBN, page 128

Forms of overaggrandise

third-person singular presentoveraggrandises
present participleoveraggrandising
past participleoveraggrandised
pastoveraggrandised

Origin of overaggrandise

From over- + aggrandise.

Questions about overaggrandise

What is overaggrandise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Overaggrandise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overaggrandize.

Words near overaggrandise in the dictionary

  1. overageness
  2. overagent
  3. overager
  4. overagers
  5. overages
  6. overaggrandise
  7. overaggrandised
  8. overaggrandises
  9. overaggrandising
  10. overaggrandize
  11. overaggrandized

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