AMPLIFY
amplify
(verb) increase the volume of; âamplify soundâ
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
(verb) exaggerate or make bigger; âThe charges were inflatedâ
magnify, amplify
(verb) increase in size, volume or significance; âHer terror was magnified in her mindâ
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; âtended to romanticize and exaggerate this âgracious Old Southâ imageryâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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