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overstate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr & vb n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overstate v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery." [syn: {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
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