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1 definition found 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.
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