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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, 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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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to
charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
or characteristics, as in a picture.
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2. 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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