AM'PLIFY, verb transitive [Latin amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.] 1. To enlarge; to augment; to increase or extend, in a general sense; applied to material or immaterial things. 2. In rhetoric, to enlarge in discussion or by representation; to treat copiously, so as to present the subject in every view and in the strongest lights. 3. To enlarge by addition; to improve or extend; as, to amplify the sense of an author by a paraphrase. AM'PLIFY, verb intransitive 1. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon; often followed by on; as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse. 2. To exaggerate; to enlarge by representation or description; as, Homer amplifies - not invents.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI