AMPLIFY

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

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.


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