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English Dictionary: overstate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for overstate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overstate v to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" Synonym(s): overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify Antonym(s): downplay, minimise, minimize, understate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.