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amplify definition

am·plify (am′plə fī′)

transitive verb amplified -·fied′, amplifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to make larger or stronger; increase or extend (power, authority, etc.)
  2. to develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc. to amplify a point in a debate
  3. Rare to exaggerate
  4. Electronics to increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier

Etymology: ME amplifien < OFr amplifier < L amplificare < amplus (see ample) + facere, do

intransitive verb

to speak or write at length; expatiate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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