Am-plĭf'i-ēate1, v. t.
(121), v. t. [Lat. amplificare, from amplius and facere, to make. See AMPLE.] To enlarge; to amplify. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Amplify
Am'pli-fy2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. AMPLIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. AMPLIFYING.] [Fr. amplifier, Pr. amplificar, Lat. amplificare. See AMPLIFICATE.]
- To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like. “All concaves . . . do amplify the sound at the coming out.” Bacon.
- (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously, so as to present the subject in every view, and in the strongest lights.
Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden.
Ăm'pli-fy3, v. i.
v. i. 1. To grow or become large. Strait was the way at first, withouten light, / But further in did further amplify. Fairfax.
Sense 2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate;—often with on or upon. Watts.
He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.