Aggrade
to raise the or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.
Historical Examples
Its deposits tend to aggrade (build up) the flat which its meanderings develop.
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin Rollin D. Salisbury
In this way they aggrade each portion of it in turn by means of their shifting channels.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton
verb
(transitive) to build up the level of (any land surface) by the deposition of sediment Compare degrade (sense 4)
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor. to make (something) appear greater. Historical Examples It is easier to ruin a kingdom and aggrandise one’s own pride and prejudices than to set up a greengrocer’s stall. Table-Talk William Hazlitt To aggrandise […]
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an act or instance of , or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies. the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts: Some saw it as ego aggrandizement. expansion of power, wealth, rank, or honor: The department was used for the aggrandizement of […]
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