hyperbolize

verb
/haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/UK/haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/US

Etymology

From hyperbole + -ize.

  1. derived from *gʷelH-
  2. derived from ὑπερβολή
  3. derived from hyperbolē
  4. inherited from iperbole
  5. suffixed as hyperbolize — “hyperbole + ize

Definitions

  1. To exaggerate, use hyperbole.

  2. To represent or talk about with hyperbole.

    • to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.
    • But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA