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understate

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Verb (usu participle)
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un=der=state

CIDE DICTIONARY

understatev. t. 
     To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

understate, v.tr.
1 express in greatly or unduly restrained terms.
2 represent as being less than it actually is.

Derivative
understatement n. understater n.

THESAURUS

understate

belie, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, disguise, distort, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overdraw, overstate, parody, pervert, slant, strain, titivate, travesty, trick out, twist, varnish, warp, whitewash, wrench

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