Inside the Universes

'overstate'

[overstate.v.01] as in: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Examples:
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery

Origins

					overstate (English)
├── over- (English)
│   └── over- (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── ofer- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── state (English)
    └── status (Latin)
        └── stare (Latin)