Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hyperbolize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Hyperbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hyperbolizing}.] [Cf. F.
hyperboliser.]
To speak or write with exaggeration. --Bp. Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t.
To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hyperbolize
v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; " tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''
imagery" [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {magnify},
{amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
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