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HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond)
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HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond), a figure of rhetoric whereby the speaker expresses more than the truth, in order to produce a vivid impression; hence, an exaggeration.