Exaggerate /(?)/

Ex·ag·ger·ate

Exaggerate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating

  1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.]
  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.