amplify

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample + -ify.

verb

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
   amplify the loudspeaker
   amplify a telescope
   amplify a microscopes
   amplify the message
   amplify an image on the screen
   amplify the impact of the project
2. (transitive, rhetorical) 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. 1700, John Dryden, Fables, Ancient and Modern
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
   amplify a signal
4. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.