资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exaggerate \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. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon
      them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale.

   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.

Exaggerating \Ex*ag"ger*a`ting\a.
   That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. --
   {Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly}, adv.