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Definition of Amplify
1. Verb. Increase in size, volume or significance. "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
Generic synonyms: Enlarge
Derivative terms: Amplifier, Magnification, Magnification, Magnification, Magnification, Magnitude, Magnitude
2. Verb. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. "Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
Generic synonyms: Misinform, Mislead
Specialized synonyms: Overemphasise, Overemphasize, Overstress, Blow, Bluster, Boast, Brag, Gas, Gasconade, Shoot A Line, Swash, Tout, Vaunt, Aggrandise, Aggrandize, Blow Up, Dramatise, Dramatize, Embellish, Embroider, Lard, Pad
Derivative terms: Exaggeration, Exaggeration, Exaggeration, Hyperbole, Magnification, Overstatement
Antonyms: Understate
3. Verb. Exaggerate or make bigger. "The charges were inflated"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Specialized synonyms: Puff Up
Derivative terms: Expansive
4. Verb. Increase the volume of. "Amplify sound"
Definition of Amplify
1. v. t. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2. v. i. To become larger.
Definition of Amplify
1. Verb. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amplify
1. to make larger or more powerful [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Medical Definition of Amplify
1. 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. 2. 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) Origin: F. Amplifier, L. Amplificare. See Ample, -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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