amplify. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

amplify

SYLLABICATION:	am·pli·fy
PRONUNCIATION:	mpl-f
VERB:	Inflected forms: am·pli·fied, am·pli·fy·ing, am·pli·fies
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To make larger or more powerful; increase. 2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete. 3. To exaggerate. 4. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English amplifien, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificre : amplus, large + -ficre, -fy.


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