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amplify

am·pli·fy [ ámplə f ] (past and past participle am·pli·fied, present participle am·pli·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular am·pli·fies)

verb

Definition:

1. transitive and intransitive verb make louder: to become louder, or make a sound become louder, by electronic or other means

2. transitive and intransitive verb increase: to become, or make something become, greater in scope or stronger

3. transitive and intransitive verb add detail: to make a spoken or written account fuller, clearer, or more detailed

4. transitive verb exaggerate: to make something seem greater or larger than it is

5. transitive and intransitive verb electronics increase signal: to increase the magnitude of a signal using an amplifier, or undergo such an increase

[15th century. Via French amplifier< Latin amplificare "enlarge" < amplus "large" + fic-, a stem of facere "make"]

am·pli·fi·a·ble [ àmplə f əb'l ] adjective

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	See increase.

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