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<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

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<h1>Exactress</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*act"ress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>exactrix</ets>.]</ety> <def>A woman who is an exactor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Exacuate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ac"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exacure</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out (intens.) + <ets>acuere</ets> to make sharp.]</ety> <def>To whet or sharpen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>B. Jonson</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*ac`u*a"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Ex\'91resis</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*\'91r"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr.<?/ a taking away.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.</def>

<h1>Exaggerate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ag"ger*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exaggerated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exaggerating</er> . ]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exaggeratus</ets> , p. p. of <ets>exaggerare</ets> to heap up; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>aggerare</ets> to heap up, fr. <ets>agger</ets> heap, <ets>aggerere</ets> to bring to; <ets>ad</ets> to + <ets>gerere</ets> to bear. See <er>Jest</er>. ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To heap up; to accumulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Earth <i>exaggerated</i> upon them [oaks and firs]."

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.</def>

<blockquote>A friend <b>exaggerates</b> a man's virtues. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exaggerated</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ag"ger*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exaggerating</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ag"ger*a`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exaggeration</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ag`ger*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exaggeratio</ets> : cf. F. <ets>exag\'82ration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of heaping or piling up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Exaggeration</i> of sand."

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>No need of an <b>exaggeration</b> of what they saw. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.</def>

<h1>Exaggerative</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ag"ger*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration.</def> "<i>Exaggerative</i> language." <i>Geddes</i>. "<i>Exaggerative</i> pictures."