EXAGGERATE

exaggerate. exaggerate, heape vpon, amplifie to make a thing more then it is

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exaggerate. Exaggerate, v.t. to heap up, aggravate, enlarge

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Ex‐ag″ger‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [[L. exaggeratus , p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]] 1. 1. To heap up; to accumulate. “Earth exaggerated upon them .” Sir M. Hale.
2. 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.