GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Caricature , n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
    An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
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   A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.]
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   The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   A grotesque caricature of virtue.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Caricature, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
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   He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.
   Lord Lyttelton.
   
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