hyperbolize

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hyperbolize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t.
     To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.
     [1913 Webster]

hyperbolize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hyperbolize
      v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
           romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
           imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw,
           hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant:
           downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]