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n. Aggrandizement. [ Obs. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To increase or become great. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrandized p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrandizing ] [ F. agrandir; à (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See Grand, and cf. Finish. ] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To augment; exalt; promote; advance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agrandissement. ] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Grander superl. Grandest. ] [ OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee. ] 1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. “Our grand foe, Satan.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making so bold . . . to unseal
Their grand commission. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached
masters of the grand style. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

What cause
Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,
Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
From their Creator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string. --
Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary association of men who served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. --
Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. --
Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. --
Grand days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. --
Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. --
Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zool.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas). --
Grand-guard, or
Grandegarde, a piece of plate armor used in tournaments as an extra protection for the left shoulder and breast. --
Grand juror, a member of a grand jury. --
Grand jury (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also grand inquest. --
Grand juryman, a grand juror. --
Grand larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. --
Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. --
Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. --
Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [ Obs. ] Holland. --
Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. --
Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. --
Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. --
Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. --
Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. --
Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. --
Grand vizier. See under Vizier.

Syn. -- Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. -- Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. “Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. grande, fem. of grand + dame. See Grand, and Dame. ] An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grand'tante. ] The aunt of one's father or mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The daughter of one's son or daughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. grande. See Grand. ] A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. grand. See Grand. ] The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. Milton.

Syn. -- Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness. See Sublimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. grandaevitas. ] Great age; long life. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age. ] Of great age; aged; longlived. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grandfather longlegs. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandificus; grandis grand + facere to make. ] Making great. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray, [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandis grand + logui to speak. ] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandiloquus; grandis grand + loqui to apeak. ] Grandiloquent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandinosus, fr. qrando, grandinis, hail. ] Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See Grand. ] 1. Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità. ] The state or quality of being grandiose, [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. granditas: cf. OF. granité. See Grand. ] Grandness. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grand manner.

{ } n. A grandmother.

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See Gramercy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mother of one's father or mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The grandson of one's brother or sister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grandeur. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

{ } n. A grandfather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire. ] Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A son's or daughter's son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grand-oncle. ] A father's or mother's uncle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theoretical physics) Any of a class of physics theories that attempts to explain the electroweak forces, stong force, and gravitation within a single mathematical conceptual scheme. In the 1990's string theory and superstring theory were prominent examples. Abbreviated GUT, plural GUTs. [ PJC ]

n. The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Great, 10. ] A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Great, 10. ] The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Great, 10. ] A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., from parare to parry + grandine hail. ] An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragrêle. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]