exaggerating
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Exaggerating \Ex*ag"ger*a`ting\a. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]
1.To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
2.To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. [1913 Webster]
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues.— Addison.[1913 Webster]