Amplifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See
     {Ample}, {-fy}.]
     1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the
        like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
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     2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat
        copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to
        expand; to make much of.
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              Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard
              author, but much amplified by our English
              translator.                           --Dryden.
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