exaggeratev.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzadʒəreɪt/,

/ɛɡˈzadʒəreɪt/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/,

/ɛɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s exagerat.

Etymology: < Latin exaggerāt- participial stem of exaggerāre, < ex- intensive + aggerāre to heap up, < agger heap. Compare French exagérer, 16th cent. exaggerer.

†1. transitive. To heap or pile up, accumulate: said with reference to both material and immaterial objects; also to form by accumulation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > accumulate or get a large amount of

heapc1000

amass1481

accumulatec1487

exaggerate1533

pilec1540

gathera1593

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate

heapc1000

tassea1400

aggregate?a1425

grossc1440

amass1481

accumulatec1487

accumule1490

exaggerate1533

cumulate1534

compile1578

pook1587

mass1604

hilla1618

congeriate1628

agglomerate1751

pile1827

to roll up1848

1533 T. More Apol. in Wks. 871/1 Yf hee woulde..take no suche bywayes, he woulde not..accumulate and exaggerate the gryefes.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 63 b In praisyng or dispraisyng, wee muste exaggerate those places towardes the ende, whiche make menne wonder at the straungenesse of any thyng.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. E.iv^v With their flipping & flapping vp and down in y^e dirte they exaggerate a mountain of mire.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 404 What a deale of trouble..doe we sustain & exaggerate vnto our selues, to get that secure happines..which we peradventure shall neuer haue.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 191 Trees of Oak and Firr..covered by..the Silt and Moorish Earth exaggerated upon them.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 299 The water..exaggerating and raising Islands and Continents in other parts.

†2. To ‘pile up’ (eulogies, accusations); to emphasize (statements); to make much of, dwell on the greatness of (virtues, faults, conditions, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > make more important

arearc885

upheavea1300

upraisea1300

uphigh13..

enhancec1325

liftc1330

uplift1338

uphebbe1340

uptakec1340

magnifya1382

upreara1382

uphancec1390

preponder?1504

upbring1513

exaggerate1564

greaten1589

weighc1595

to make much matter ofa1649

aggravate1698

aggrandize1709

beef1941

1564 Briefe Exam. sig. *iij To exagerat the matter agaynste them..shall..be spared.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 707 This word (Mene) is doubled.. to exaggerate the certaintie of the matter.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1123 Alleadging and exaggerating many his most cruell actions.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1725) III. ii. xxv. 175 They told..what had happened in the search for the ass, the one exaggerating the other's cunning in braying.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico x. 19 Exaggerating, indeed not falsely, the Necessity of the Provinces.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 387 It was..very praise~worthy in Bishop Jovius to exaggerate the praises of the Princes his Benefactors.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 190 His Lordship..used to exaggerate the monstrous Impudence of Counsel that insisted so iniquitably.

3. To magnify beyond the limits of truth; to represent something as greater than it really is.The 16th century quots. may belong to 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)]

flatter?c1225

engregec1386

enhancec1400

extol?1504

extend1509

aggravate1533

exagger1535

blowa1538

amplify1561

exasperate1561

bombast1566

aggerate1570

enlarge1592

rengrege1601

exaggerate1604

magnify1605

hyperbolize1609

to slobber over ——1761

bloat1896

over-heighten1904

overpitch1904

overblow1961

inflate1982

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 486/2 Thus they aggerating and exaggerating the fault to the vttermost, flye vpon the poore Asse and deuoure hym.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C7 Rufus, I'le terme thee but intemperate, I will not once thy vice exaggerate.]

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Exaggerate,..to make a thing more then it is.

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. H1 Men, when they heare anything..to vtter & augment the same..and to exagerate the same by words odious and bitter.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 399. ¶5 A Friend exaggerates a Man's Virtues, an Enemy inflames his Crimes.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xiii They..greatly exaggerate the evil they complain of.

1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. Exaggerate, in Painting to heighten in colour or design.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 401 A modern historian..has done his best to exaggerate everything that would tell against the clergy.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §6. 333 The charges were grossly exaggerated, but there is no ground for believing them to have been wholly untrue.

absolute.1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 29 Calumny is more prone to exaggerate than to invent.1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 176 In no point does he [sc. Shakspeare] exaggerate but only in laughter.1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 59 Early navigators exaggerate without fear to enhance the interest of their tales.

4. To intensify, aggravate (conditions, etc.), abnormally; to make (physical features, etc.) of abnormal size.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > excessively

oversize1615

colossalize1808

exaggerate1850

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (transitive)]

sauce?1518

exasperate1561

aggravate1576

inasperate1592

to set forward1611

exacerbate1660

aggregea1678

sharpen1768

embitter1781

nettle1821

exaggerate1850

1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. vii. 276 A nose exaggerated by intemperance.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) viii. 73 The existing distress was exaggerated by this great social change.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 51 In the preponderating size of the Lumbar Vertebrae man but exaggerates a character generally present in his class.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	exaggerate
释义	exaggeratev. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzadʒəreɪt/, /ɛɡˈzadʒəreɪt/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/, /ɛɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s exagerat. Etymology: < Latin exaggerāt- participial stem of exaggerāre, < ex- intensive + aggerāre to heap up, < agger heap. Compare French exagérer, 16th cent. exaggerer. †1. transitive. To heap or pile up, accumulate: said with reference to both material and immaterial objects; also to form by accumulation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > accumulate or get a large amount of heapc1000 amass1481 accumulatec1487 exaggerate1533 pilec1540 gathera1593 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate heapc1000 tassea1400 aggregate?a1425 grossc1440 amass1481 accumulatec1487 accumule1490 exaggerate1533 cumulate1534 compile1578 pook1587 mass1604 hilla1618 congeriate1628 agglomerate1751 pile1827 to roll up1848 1533 T. More Apol. in Wks. 871/1 Yf hee woulde..take no suche bywayes, he woulde not..accumulate and exaggerate the gryefes. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 63 b In praisyng or dispraisyng, wee muste exaggerate those places towardes the ende, whiche make menne wonder at the straungenesse of any thyng. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. E.iv^v With their flipping & flapping vp and down in y^e dirte they exaggerate a mountain of mire. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 404 What a deale of trouble..doe we sustain & exaggerate vnto our selues, to get that secure happines..which we peradventure shall neuer haue. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 191 Trees of Oak and Firr..covered by..the Silt and Moorish Earth exaggerated upon them. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 299 The water..exaggerating and raising Islands and Continents in other parts. †2. To ‘pile up’ (eulogies, accusations); to emphasize (statements); to make much of, dwell on the greatness of (virtues, faults, conditions, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > make more important arearc885 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 uphigh13.. enhancec1325 liftc1330 uplift1338 uphebbe1340 uptakec1340 magnifya1382 upreara1382 uphancec1390 preponder?1504 upbring1513 exaggerate1564 greaten1589 weighc1595 to make much matter ofa1649 aggravate1698 aggrandize1709 beef1941 1564 Briefe Exam. sig. iij To exagerat the matter agaynste them..shall..be spared. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places* 707 This word (Mene) is doubled.. to exaggerate the certaintie of the matter. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1123 Alleadging and exaggerating many his most cruell actions. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1725) III. ii. xxv. 175 They told..what had happened in the search for the ass, the one exaggerating the other's cunning in braying. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico x. 19 Exaggerating, indeed not falsely, the Necessity of the Provinces. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 387 It was..very praise~worthy in Bishop Jovius to exaggerate the praises of the Princes his Benefactors. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 190 His Lordship..used to exaggerate the monstrous Impudence of Counsel that insisted so iniquitably. 3. To magnify beyond the limits of truth; to represent something as greater than it really is.The 16th century quots. may belong to 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 engregec1386 enhancec1400 extol?1504 extend1509 aggravate1533 exagger1535 blowa1538 amplify1561 exasperate1561 bombast1566 aggerate1570 enlarge1592 rengrege1601 exaggerate1604 magnify1605 hyperbolize1609 to slobber over ——1761 bloat1896 over-heighten1904 overpitch1904 overblow1961 inflate1982 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 486/2 Thus they aggerating and exaggerating the fault to the vttermost, flye vpon the poore Asse and deuoure hym. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C7 Rufus, I'le terme thee but intemperate, I will not once thy vice exaggerate.] 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Exaggerate,..to make a thing more then it is. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. H1 Men, when they heare anything..to vtter & augment the same..and to exagerate the same by words odious and bitter. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 399. ¶5 A Friend exaggerates a Man's Virtues, an Enemy inflames his Crimes. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xiii They..greatly exaggerate the evil they complain of. 1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. Exaggerate, in Painting to heighten in colour or design. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 401 A modern historian..has done his best to exaggerate everything that would tell against the clergy. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §6. 333 The charges were grossly exaggerated, but there is no ground for believing them to have been wholly untrue. absolute.1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 29 Calumny is more prone to exaggerate than to invent.1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 176 In no point does he [sc. Shakspeare] exaggerate but only in laughter.1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 59 Early navigators exaggerate without fear to enhance the interest of their tales. 4. To intensify, aggravate (conditions, etc.), abnormally; to make (physical features, etc.) of abnormal size. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > excessively oversize1615 colossalize1808 exaggerate1850 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (transitive)] sauce?1518 exasperate1561 aggravate1576 inasperate1592 to set forward1611 exacerbate1660 aggregea1678 sharpen1768 embitter1781 nettle1821 exaggerate1850 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. vii. 276 A nose exaggerated by intemperance. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) viii. 73 The existing distress was exaggerated by this great social change. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 51 In the preponderating size of the Lumbar Vertebrae man but exaggerates a character generally present in his class. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1533
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