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Webster 1913 Edition
Amplify
Am′pli-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Amplified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
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. Dryden.
Am′pli-fy
,Verb.
I.
1.
To become larger.
[Obs.]
Strait was the way at first, withouten light,
But further in did further
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amplify
AM'PLIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To enlarge; to augment; to increase or extend, in a general sense; applied to material or immaterial things.2.
In rhetoric, to enlarge in discussion or by representation; to treat copiously, so as to present the subject in every view and in the strongest lights.3.
To enlarge by addition; to improve or extend; as, to amplify the sense of an author by a paraphrase.AM'PLIFY
, v.i.1.
To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon; often followed by on; as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse.2.
To exaggerate; to enlarge by representation or description; as,Homer amplifies - not invents.