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Amplify   /ˈæmpləfˌaɪ/   Listen
verb
Amplify  v. t.  (past & past part. amplified; pres. part. amplifying)  
1.
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2.
(Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. "Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator."



Amplify  v. i.  
1.
To become larger. (Obs.) "Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify."
2.
To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; often with on or upon. "He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles."






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"Amplify" Quotes from Famous Books



... supplied this deficiency. Not only has he traced out the sources of his author's statements and exhibited them in notes, but he has had recourse to sources of which Charlevoix knew nothing. He is thus enabled to substantiate, correct, or amplify the original narrative. He translates it, indeed, with literal precision, but, in his copious notes he sheds such a flood of new light upon it that this translation is of far more value to the student than the original ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. • Various

... you will pardon the seeming rudeness which necessity compels me to manifest toward you in the present emergency. I hope soon to find you a pleasant resting-place, where I shall have leisure and opportunity to make explanations and amplify on this brief apology." ...
— Eveline Mandeville - The Horse Thief Rival • Alvin Addison

... inspiration; when my imagination flags, as of course it occasionally does, I stare upon those features, and forthwith strange ideas of fun and drollery begin to flow into my mind; these I round, amplify, or combine into goodly creations, and bring forth as I find an opportunity. It is true that I am occasionally tormented by the thought that, by doing this, I am committing plagiarism; though, in that case, all thoughts must be plagiarisms, all that ...
— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... unbelievable,—and the way she said it! Not even Pat Murphy, the coal-wagon driver, with all his years of practice, could have said it with greater distinctness,—not even Pat who possessed the masculine right to amplify the behest with expletives not supposed to be uttered except in the presence of ...
— Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon

... not amplify his last statement, so Phil's "Oh," in so far as it expressed curiosity as to the disposition of the Holton territory and Mr. Frederick Holton's relation to it, seemed destined ...
— Otherwise Phyllis • Meredith Nicholson


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