amplify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amplify	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for amplify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amplify v increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" Synonym(s): magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" Synonym(s): overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify Antonym(s): downplay, minimise, minimize, understate exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" Synonym(s): inflate, blow up, expand, amplify increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See {Ample}, {-fy}.] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. 2. (Rhet.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amplify \Am"plify\, v. i. 1. To become larger. [Obs.] Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify. --Fairfax. 2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. --Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify* upon the subject he handles. --South.