01 n. The act of heaping or piling up.
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The act of heaping or piling up.[Obs.]
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The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.“No need of an exaggeration of what they saw.” — I. Taylor.
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A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.(Paint.)