Amplify Definition

ămplə-fī

amplified, amplifies, amplifying

verb

amplified, amplifies, amplifying

To make larger or more powerful; increase.

American Heritage

To make larger or stronger; increase or extend (power, authority, etc.)

Webster's New World

To speak or write at length; expatiate.

Webster's New World

To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.

American Heritage

To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.

To amplify a point in a debate.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Amplify

From Middle English amplifyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample.

From Wiktionary
Middle English amplifien from Old French amplifier from Latin amplificāre amplus large -ficāre -fy

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition