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▪ I. amplifying, vbl. n.|ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of enlarging, extending, increasing, exaggerating, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1553T. Wilson Rhet. 7 To the encrease and amplifying of his honour. 1589Bp. Cooper Admon. 89 Much amplifying of small offences. 1619[See amplify 8.] 1655Gouge Comm. Heb. ii. 6, 152 The excellency of Christ's humane nature: in amplifying whereof, he continueth to the end of this chapter. 1765R. Lowth Let. Warburton 86 He sets out with a formed design of amplifying his subject.
▪ II. amplifying, ppl. a.|ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Enlarging, magnifying.
1867J. Hogg Microsc. i. ii. 40 An amplifying lens..by which the field of view is enlarged.
2. Electr. (See amplify v. 2 b.)
1920Chambers's Jrnl. X. 274/1 The Boche listening apparatus or amplifying telephone. 1922Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 888/2 Amplifying valves differ from those used for transmitting purposes in more than mere dimensions and power. |