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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)  , a figure of
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rhetoric whereby the
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speaker expresses more than the truth, in
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order to produce a vivid impression; hence, an exaggeration .

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