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单词 rengrege
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rengregev.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rengreger.
Etymology: < Middle French rengreger, rengregier, French †rengréger to magnify, exacerbate (suffering, a fault) (c1440; 1378 in sense ‘to cause (a person) renewed suffering’) < re- re- prefix + engreger , engregier engrege v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To magnify, exacerbate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)]
flatter?c1225
engregec1386
enhancec1400
extol?1504
extend1509
aggravate1533
exagger1535
blowa1538
amplify1561
exasperate1561
bombast1566
aggerate1570
enlarge1592
rengrege1601
exaggerate1604
magnify1605
hyperbolize1609
to slobber over ——1761
bloat1896
over-heighten1904
overpitch1904
overblow1961
inflate1982
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 sig. B8 Titles, that..imputeth faultes to men which they haue not committed, or doth rengrege or amoinder, that is, make greater or lesse the faults committed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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