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AMPLIFICATIONS
Noun
amplifications
plural of amplification
Source: Wiktionary
AMPLIFICATION
Am`pli*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. amplificatio.]
1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.
3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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