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overstate (v.)
[overstate 词源字典]
1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see
over-
+
state
(n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from
state
(v.). Related:
Overstated
,
overstating
.
[overstate etymology, overstate origin, 英语词源]