CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AGGRANDISE
PRESENT
Present
I aggrandise
you aggrandise
he/she/it aggrandises
we aggrandise
you aggrandise
they aggrandise
Present continuous
I am aggrandising
you are aggrandising
he/she/it is aggrandising
we are aggrandising
you are aggrandising
they are aggrandising
Present perfect
I have aggrandised
you have aggrandised
he/she/it has aggrandised
we have aggrandised
you have aggrandised
they have aggrandised
Present perfect continuous
I have been aggrandising
you have been aggrandising
he/she/it has been aggrandising
we have been aggrandising
you have been aggrandising
they have been aggrandising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I aggrandised
you aggrandised
he/she/it aggrandised
we aggrandised
you aggrandised
they aggrandised
Past continuous
I was aggrandising
you were aggrandising
he/she/it was aggrandising
we were aggrandising
you were aggrandising
they were aggrandising
Past perfect
I had aggrandised
you had aggrandised
he/she/it had aggrandised
we had aggrandised
you had aggrandised
they had aggrandised
Past perfect continuous
I had been aggrandising
you had been aggrandising
he/she/it had been aggrandising
we had been aggrandising
you had been aggrandising
they had been aggrandising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will aggrandise
you will aggrandise
he/she/it will aggrandise
we will aggrandise
you will aggrandise
they will aggrandise
Future continuous
I will be aggrandising
you will be aggrandising
he/she/it will be aggrandising
we will be aggrandising
you will be aggrandising
they will be aggrandising
Future perfect
I will have aggrandised
you will have aggrandised
he/she/it will have aggrandised
we will have aggrandised
you will have aggrandised
they will have aggrandised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been aggrandising
you will have been aggrandising
he/she/it will have been aggrandising
we will have been aggrandising
you will have been aggrandising
they will have been aggrandising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would aggrandise
you would aggrandise
he/she/it would aggrandise
we would aggrandise
you would aggrandise
they would aggrandise
Conditional continuous
I would be aggrandising
you would be aggrandising
he/she/it would be aggrandising
we would be aggrandising
you would be aggrandising
they would be aggrandising
Conditional perfect
I would have aggrandise
you would have aggrandise
he/she/it would have aggrandise
we would have aggrandise
you would have aggrandise
they would have aggrandise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been aggrandising
you would have been aggrandising
he/she/it would have been aggrandising
we would have been aggrandising
you would have been aggrandising
they would have been aggrandising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you aggrandise
we let´s aggrandise
you aggrandise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
aggrandised
Present Participle
aggrandising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGGRANDISE»
Discover the use of
aggrandise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
aggrandise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Answers: 1 — aggrandise; 2 — exacerbate; 3 — cashier; 4 — scout; 5— ferret; 6
— filch; 7 — badger; 8 — exculpate; 9 — carp; 10 — extricate; 11 — extol; 12 —
consummate; 13 — deprecate. V. Here are the 13 words listed in their original ...
2
The Gentleman's Magazine
222. On. the. Maxim,. Not. to. aggrandise. a. Subje&. Ihicr'd from his majesty's
service, for returning the name of Wm lister in a muster upon honour ; the
hardship alleged is, that the said Lister had a commission in his regiment, as well
as Lota- ...
3
The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].
How much better is aggrandise than aggrandise ! Dryden, in the Annua ilirabUis,
writes " Instructed ships shall sail to quick commerce." We have suffered to drop
away from us the beautiful and commodious word bequeathed to our language ...
Walter Savage Landor, John Forster, 1853
4
GXenofŵntos@ Āpomnymoneumátwn biblía d'@. Xenophon's ...
But when Glaukon was silent, as if then for the first time considering with what act
he should begin, Sokrates said, if you desired to aggrandise the family of a friend,
you would endeavour to make it more wealthy than before, and would you not ...
Xenophon (of Athens.), 1847
5
The Pathfinder, a journal of independent religious reform, ...
If Churchmen had half the spirit of the late " Mr. O'Conuell, who did everything to
aggrandise the Church of Borne, or if " they were bound together by such a tie as
joined the Roman Catholic party " in Parliament, inducing them to give their vote
...
6
Essays on the Fine Arts
... general, and tend to aggrandise the species; and that in the latter (viz., the
case of private property) they are exclusive and tend to aggrandise none but the
individual ? This must be the effect, unless there is something grand or beautiful
in ...
William Carew Hazlitt, 1873
7
Lord Brougham's character of mr. Pitt [in ser. 1 of ...
... a participation and community of benefits (between Great Britain and Ireland)
upon a principle of equality and fairness, which, without tending to aggrandise
the one or depress the other, should seek the aggregate interests of the empire.
John Sibbald Edison, Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.), 1842
Let the Mediterranean be desendcd from the encroachments of those ambitious
powers who wish to aggrandise themselves at the expence of the weaker, and
whose politics is to swallow up and g0vern all the other states of Enrope. Let the
...
9
State Papers and Correspondence: Illustrative of the Social ...
... prevailed over those more distant ones of the body politic ; and he who strove
to aggrandise himself at the expense of Bohemia and Hungary and Italy, could
hardly refuse the claim of his instruments to aggrandise themselves in his service
.
John Mitchell Kemble, 1857
10
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., ...
to aggrandise itself by force at the expense of other States; [Footnote: Guizot's
enthusiasm or patriotism here led him into a somewhat reckless assertion. In
point of fact, there was not one of the great Continental Powers which, during the
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGGRANDISE»
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aggrandise is used in the context of the following news items.
God Bless America, Ever Divided Yet Always United: Opening Line
... who will either hope to aggrandise themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
The Roots of the Emergency
... to personal aggrandise-ment. One is reminded of the outburst of the sycophant Congress President of the day: “Indira is India, India is Indira”. «Mainstream, Jun 15»
Crusade as Escape
... missing, and practically everybody is out to use whatever little levers of power in their hands to self aggrandise and feather their own nests. «KanglaOnline, Jun 15»
Rupert Myers: The European Court of Human Rights has gone far …
Adding that the European Court had been “unable to resist the temptation to “aggrandise its jurisdiction” by laying down a “federal law of ... «Conservative Home, Jun 15»
People power wins the day in Erdogan's Turkey
... well at this election, it might have received enough MPs to force a referendum to change the constitution and further aggrandise Mr Erdogan. «Financial Times, Jun 15»
US Supreme Court takes Jerusalem stance
'The nation must speak with one voice,' the majority ruling argued, adding that Congress 'may not aggrandise its power' at the expense of ... «Echonetdaily, Jun 15»
Modi's China Games
'Creeping acquisition' is one of their much practiced methods to aggrandise border areas and expand their borders. We would do well to be ... «Outlook, May 15»
Anniversary message from west to Russia
Mr Putin is likely to use the occasion to aggrandise his regime after its seizure of Crimea and its incursion into eastern Ukraine. Western leaders ... «Financial Times, May 15»
No comeback for Mahinda as all roads lead to dead ends
Whilst others strive for power to aggrandise themselves, Maithripala Sirisena, this political Sadhu Sumedha of Buddhist legend who gave away ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Apr 15»
At hospital, Dad is in a wheelchair and my mother's on a gurney …
... as doctors aggrandise it) about whether he should undergo a procedure that would prolong his life, but may be dangerous and may not even ... «New Statesman, Apr 15»
