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Amplify

//ˈæm.plə.faɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To render larger, more extended, or more intense. transitive

    "amplify the loudspeaker"

  2. 2
    increase the volume of wordnet
  3. 3
    To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. transitive

    "Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator."

  4. 4
    exaggerate or make bigger wordnet
  5. 5
    To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. transitive

    "amplify a signal"

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  1. 6
    increase in size, volume or significance wordnet
  2. 7
    To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
  3. 8
    to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth wordnet

Etymology

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

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