amplify
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.
- derived from amplificāre
- derived from amplifier
- derived from amplifierbor
- derived from *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor✻
- derived from amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der
Definitions
To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
- amplify the loudspeaker
- amplify a telescope
- amplify a microscope
To enlarge by addition or commenting
To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
- Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
- GCN asked Gill just who this law was aimed at. "Child abusers" he responded. He would not amplify on what he meant by child abusers.
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
- amplify a signal
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To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to…
To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The neighborhood
- neighborample
- neighboramplifiable
- neighboramplification
- neighboramplificatory
- neighboramplifier
- neighboramplitude
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at amplify. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at amplify. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at amplify
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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