hyperbolize
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /haɪˈpəːbəlaɪz/
  • (America) IPA: /haɪˈpɚːbəlaɪz/
Verb

hyperbolize (hyperbolizes, present participle hyperbolizing; past and past participle hyperbolized)

  1. (intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
  2. (transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.203:
      to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.



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