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hyperbolize

verb

  1. to use hyperbole, exaggerate
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/ / /haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English hyperbole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hyperbolize From hyperbole + -ize.

  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?