amplify

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  1. transitive verb To make larger or more powerful; increase.
  2. transitive verb To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
  3. transitive verb To exaggerate.
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  • “The very one Abbot Richard fashioned.” Heytesbury does not amplify, and Nicole suspects that he enjoys drawing out the suspense. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
  • Tipler: Chaos allows a little nudge here to amplify, after a while, to an enormous change there. —  Omni: October 1994
  • We help to amplify, create and promote conversations around client's products and services. —  Marketing Conversation
  • Dolby B and C pre-amplify the higher frequencies so that the reduction is more effective. —  RealClimate
  • We can't pre-amplify high frequency noise in the climate. —  RealClimate
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English amplifien, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificāre : amplus, large + -ficāre, -fy.

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  1. from Middle English amplifyen, amplifien, from Old French (and F.) amplifier = Provencal Spanish Portuguese amplificar = Italian amplificare, from Latin amplificare, enlarge (cf. amplificus, splendid), from amplus, large, + facere, make: see ample and -fy.
 

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