Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overstate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overstate
v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; " tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''
imagery" [syn: {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize}, {magnify},
{amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
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