AMPLIFY

amplify

(verb) increase the volume of; “amplify sound”

inflate, blow up, expand, amplify

(verb) exaggerate or make bigger; “The charges were inflated”

magnify, amplify

(verb) increase in size, volume or significance; “Her terror was magnified in her mind”

overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)

(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.

(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Source: Wiktionary

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Am"pli*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amplified; p. pr. & vb. n. Amplifying.] Etym: [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy.]

1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

2. (Rhet.)

Definition: 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. Dryden.

Am"pli*fy, v. i.

1. To become larger. [Obs.] Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify. Fairfax.

2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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