v. Obs. Also 7 ingrandize. [a. Fr. engrandiss- extended stem of engrandi-r, ad. It. ingrandire:—late L. ingrandīre, f. in- (see IN-) + grandi-s great (see GRAND). Cf. AGGRANDIZE.] trans. To make great, increase in estimation, importance, power, rank or wealth.
1625. in Rushw., Hist. Coll. (1659), I. 159. Curing the Kings Evil … a device to ingrandize the vertue of Kings when Miracles were in fashion.
1653. A. Wilson, Jas. I., 55. And to ingrandize all, the King created him Baron of Brandspech, and Viscount Rochester.
1670. G. H., Hist. Cardinals, I. III. 95. He [Pope Urban] engrandiz’d his own Nephews amongst them. Ibid., III. I. 225. But Alexander besides that endeavoured what he could to ingrandize the Title of Cardinal.
1883. trans. Allocution Pope Leo XIII., in Daily News, 1 Sept., 2/2. Many … who are led away by the idea of constituting and engrandising the nation.
Hence Engrandizing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1670. G. H., Hist. Cardinals, II. III. 192. He began immediately to bend his mind to the ingrandizing this Kinsman.
1653. A. Wilson, Jas. I., 52. With this Ingrandizing Title the King added a great Revenue.
1657. Reeve, God’s Plea, 83. All elate,… imaginating, engrandising, preheminencies.
