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Verb amplifies, amplifying, amplified
amplify - increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
		deepen, intensify, compound, heighten become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
amplify - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
		overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify
		understate, downplay, minimise, minimize represent as less significant or important
		misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to
		overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"
		vaunt, shoot a line, gasconade, brag, gas, boast, tout, bluster, swash, blow attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"
		aggrandise, aggrandize, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, pad, blow up add details to
amplify - increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
		magnify
		enlarge make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
amplify - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
		inflate, blow up, expand
		increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
		puff up make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

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amplify (Verb)
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
amplify (Verb)
To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc. ; to expand; to make much of.
amplify (Verb)
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current .

amplify (v. t.)
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
amplify (v. t.)
To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
amplify (v. i.)
To become larger.
amplify (v. i.)
To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.

amplify
am′pli-fī, v.t. to make more copious in expression: to add to.—n. Amplificā′tion, enlargement.—adj. Amplificā′tory.—n. Am′plifier, one who amplifies: a lens which enlarges the field of vision. [L. amplus, large, and fac-ĕre, to make.]