Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AGGRACE

AGGRA'CE, verb transitive To favor. [Not used.]AGGRA'CE, noun Kindness; favor. [Not used.]

1298

AGGRANDIZATION

AGGRANDIZA'TION, noun The act of aggrandizing. [Not used.]

1299

AGGRANDIZE

AG'GRANDIZE, verb transitive [Latin ad and grandis. See Grand.]1. To make great or greater in power, rank or honor; to exalt, as, to aggrandize a family.2. To enlarge, applied t...

1300

AGGRANDIZED

AG'GRANDIZED, participle passive Made great or greater; exalted; enlarged.

1301

AGGRANDIZEMENT

AGGRAND'IZEMENT, noun The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; exaltation; enlargement.The Emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own f...

1302

AGGRANDIZER

AG'GRANDIZER, noun One that aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank or honor.

1303

AGGRANDIZING

AG'GRANDIZING, participle present tense Making great; exalting; enlarging.

1304

AGGRATE

AGGRA'TE, verb transitive To please. [Not used.]

1305

AGGRAVATE

AG'GRAVATE, verb transitive [Latin aggravo, of ad and gravis, heavy. See Grave, Gravity.]1. To make heavy, but not used in this literal sense. Figuratively, to make worse, more ...

1306

AGGRAVATED

AG'GRAVATED, participle passive Increased, in severity or enormity; made worse; exaggerated.

1307

AGGRAVATING

AG'GRAVATING, participle present tense Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree, as evils, misfortunes, pain, punishment, crimes, guilt, etc.; exaggerating.

1308

AGGRAVATION

AGGRAVA'TION, noun1. The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing severity or hainousness; addition to that which is evil or improper; as, an ...

1309

AGGREGATE

AG'GREGATE, verb intransitive [Latin aggrego, to collect in troops, of ad and grex, a herd or band. See Gregarious.]To bring together; to collect particulars into a sum, mass or...

1310

AGGREGATED

AG'GREGATED, participle passive Collected into a sum, mass or system.

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AGGREGATELY

AG'GREGATELY, adverb Collectively; taken in a sum or mass.

1312

AGGREGATING

AG'GREGATING, participle present tense Collecting into a sum or mass.

1313

AGGREGATION

AGGREGA'TION, noun1. The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.2. In chimistry, the affinity of aggregat...

1314

AGGREGATIVE

AG'GREGATIVE, adjective Taken together; collective.

1315

AGGREGATOR

AG'GREGATOR, noun He that collects into a whole or mass.

1316

AGGRESS

AGGRESS', verb intransitive [Latin aggredior, aggressus, of ad and gradior, to go. See Grade.]To make a first attack; to commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a...

1317

AGGRESSING

AGGRESS'ING, participle present tense Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.

1318

AGGRESSION

AGGRESS'ION, noun The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to war or controversy.

1319

AGGRESSIVE

AGGRESS'IVE, adjective Tending to aggress; making the first attack.

1320

AGGRESSOR

AGGRESS'OR, noun The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an assaulter; an invader.The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to ...

1321

AGGRIEVANCE

AGGRIE'VANCE, noun See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury. But grievance is more generally used.

1322

AGGRIEVE

AGGRIE'VE, verb transitive [of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.]1. To give pain or sorrow; to afflict. In this sense, it is nearly superseded by grieve.2. To bear ...

1323

AGGRIEVED

AGGRIE'VED, participle passive Pained; afflicted, civilly or politically oppressed.