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Amplify

1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

2. 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)

Origin: f. Amplifier, L. Amplificare. See ample, -fy.