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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaggerated}; p. pr & vb n. {Exaggerating} . ] [L. exaggeratus p. p. of exaggerare to heap up ex out + aggerare to heap up fr agger heap, aggerere to bring to ad to + gerere to bear. See {Jest}. ] 1. To heap up to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exaggerate v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}] 2: do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {overdo}]
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