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Verb: overstate  ow-vu(r)'steyt
  1. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    "tended to romanticize and overstate this 'gracious Old South' imagery"
    - exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise [Brit], magnify, amplify

Derived forms: overstates, overstating, overstated

See also: overstatement

Type of: disinform, misinform, mislead

Antonym: understate

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