Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Exaggerated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaggerated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Exaggerating} . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of
exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr.
agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See
{Jest}. ]
1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon
them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale.
2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
concerning.
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exaggerated \Ex*ag"ger*a`ted\, a.
Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- {Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exaggerated
adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: {overdone}, {overstated}]
2: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated
the size of her eyes" [syn: {magnified}, {enlarged}]
3: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated
(or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"
[syn: {hyperbolic}, {inflated}]
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