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.
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Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t.
To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.
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hyperbolize
v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyerbolise,
magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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