Amplify

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈæmp.lɪ.faɪ/

Origin

From Middle English amplifyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare ("to enlarge"), from amplus ("large") + facere ("to make"). See ample.

Full definition of amplify

Verb

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
• DrydenTroilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

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