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   exaggerate

   /ɪɡˈzadʒəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is: "he was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin exaggerat- ‘heaped up’, from the verb exaggerare, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + aggerare ‘heap up’ (from agger ‘heap’). The word originally meant ‘pile up, accumulate’, later ‘intensify praise or blame’, giving rise to current senses.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exaggerator noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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