Exaggerate
Exaggerate , transitive verb
[Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, from agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]
1.
To heap up; to accumulate. [Obsolete]
Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].
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.