hyperbolize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hyperbolize
    v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
         romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
         imagery" [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw},
         {hyperbolize}, {hyperbolise}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant:
         {downplay}, {minimise}, {minimize}, {understate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t.
   To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.
   [1913 Webster]

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