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am⋅pli⋅fy

  [am-pluh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
Use amplify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
2. to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.
3. Electricity. to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
4. Archaic. to exaggerate.
–verb (used without object)
5. to discourse at length; expatiate or expand one's remarks, speech, etc. (usually fol. by on): The preacher amplified on the theme of brotherly love.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME amplifyen < MF amplifier < L amplificāre to increase, augment. See ample, -ify

Related forms:
am⋅pli⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. increase, intensify, heighten. 2. widen, broaden, develop.

Antonyms:
1. contract, reduce. 2. condense, abridge.
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am·pli·fy   (ām'plə-fī')   
v.   am·pli·fied, am·pli·fy·ing, am·pli·fies

v.   tr.

  1. To make larger or more powerful; increase.

  2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.

  3. To exaggerate.

  4. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.

v.   intr.
To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.

[Middle English amplifien, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificāre : amplus, large + -ficāre, -fy.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: am·pli·fy
Pronunciation: -"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
1 : tomake larger or greater (as in amount or intensity)
2 : to increase the strength or amount of; especially : to make louder
3 : to cause (a geneor DNA sequence) to undergo amplification
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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