exaggerate

[Ex*ag·ger*ate]

To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

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To heap up; to accumulate.

Verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"

Verb
do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"

v. t.
To heap up; to accumulate.

v. t.
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

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.

To heap up; to accumulate.

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Usage Examples

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.