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Definition of Hyperbolized
1. hyperbolize [v] - See also: hyperbolize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperbolized
Literary usage of Hyperbolized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... with that of the scene of kindred abuse in miniature,— the home-jail thus
hyperbolized and stigmatized— in Coldbath Fields. See what was the conduct of ..."
2. The Life of Laurence Sterne by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1864)
"... for at this time everything here was hyperbolized, " and if a woman is but
simply pleased 'tis je suis ..."
3. Fiji and the Fijians by Thomas Williams, James Calvert (1859)
"commonest acts of his life, are mentioned in ordinary phraseology, but are all
hyperbolized. Respect is further indicated by the tama, which is a shout of ..."
4. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw by Richard Crashaw (1858)
"Come, man— hyperbolized nothing !—know thy span ! Take thine own measure here ;
down, down, and bow Before thyself in thy idea ! thou Huge emptiness ..."
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