Hyperbolize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t.
     To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]