OVERSTATE

• (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

  "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

  synonyms : amplify , exaggerate , hyperbolise , hyperbolize , magnify , overdraw

  Paul amplified the story so much that it began to seem incredible. -added by naila_inlas

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