Thesaurus: amplify

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1. v. t. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2. v. t. To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
3. v. i. To become larger.
4. v. i. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
5. v. increase in size, volume or significance
6. v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
7. v. exaggerate or make bigger
8. v. increase the volume of
9. To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously byadding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but muchamplified by our English translator. Dryden.
10. v:100 v. increase the volume of