"overaggrandize" meaning in English

See overaggrandize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overaggrandizes [present, singular, third-person], overaggrandizing [participle, present], overaggrandized [participle, past], overaggrandized [past]
Etymology: From over- + aggrandize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|aggrandize}} over- + aggrandize Head templates: {{en-verb}} overaggrandize (third-person singular simple present overaggrandizes, present participle overaggrandizing, simple past and past participle overaggrandized)
  1. To make greater than is appropriate.

Inflected forms

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