overpicture

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ picture.

Verb

overpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     O'er-picturing that Venus

See also

• overexaggerate