AM'PLIFY, v.t. [L. amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.] 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.
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