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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hyperbolize v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
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