Chapter Hyoscyamus to Hypersthenic of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

hype
(hype) n. Intense publicity for a future event, performed in a showy or excessively dramatic manner suggesting an importance not justified by the event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usually ludicrous.
[PJC]

Hyper-
(Hy"per-) [Gr. "ype`r over, above; akin to L. super, E. over. See Over, and cf. Super- .]

1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.

2. (Chem.) A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.

Hyperæmia
(||Hy`per*æ"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.

Active hyperæmia, congestion due to increased flow of blood to a part. — Passive hyperæmia, interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part.

— Hy`per*æ"mic a.

Hyperæsthesia
(||Hy`per*æs*the"si*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + sense, perception.] (Med. & Physiol.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. — Hy`per*æs*thet"ic a.

Hyperapophysis
(||Hy`per*a*poph"y*sis) n.; pl. Hyperapophyses [NL. See Hyper- , and Apophysis.] (Anat.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. - - Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al a.

Hyperaspist
(Hy`per*as"pist) n. [Gr. fr. to cover with a shield; "ype`r over + shield.] One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Hyperbatic
(Hy`per*bat"ic) a. Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.

Hyperbaton
(||Hy*per"ba*ton) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. transposed, fr. to step over; "ype`r over + to step.] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.

Milton.

Hyperbola
(Hy*per"bo*la) n. [Gr. prop., an overshooting, excess, i. e., of the angle which the cutting plane makes with the base. See Hyperbole.] (Geom.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.

Hyperbole
(Hy*per"bo*le) n. [L., fr. Gr prop., an overshooting, excess, fr. Gr. to throw over or beyond; "ype`r over + to throw. See Hyper-, Parable, and cf. Hyperbola.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.

Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles.

Blair.

Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving.

Macaulay.

Hyperbolic
(Hy`per*bol"ic Hy`per*bol"ic*al) a. [L. hyperbolicus, Gr. : cf. F. hyperbolique.]