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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 199 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond)

HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond) , a figure of See also:

RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric whereby the See also:

SPEAKER

speaker expresses more than the truth, in See also:

order to produce a vivid impression; hence, an exaggeration .

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