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hyperbolise

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hy⋅per⋅bo⋅lize

  [hahy-pur-buh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
–verb (used with object)
2. to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.
Also, especially British, hy⋅per⋅bo⋅lise.

Origin:
1590–1600; hyperbole + -ize
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verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate] [ant: downplay] 
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