Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exaggerate"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exaggerate
v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; " tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''
imagery" [syn: {overstate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize}, {magnify},
{amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
2: do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last
night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {overdo}]
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