The action or practice of dilating upon a subject in speech or writing; amplification, enlargement, diffuse treatment.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification (13) dilatationc1386 The action or practice of dilating upon a subject in speech or writing; amplification, enlargement, diffuse treatment. dilating1532 The action of dilate, v.2, in various senses; enlargement, expansion. amplification1553 Rhetoric. The extension of simple statement by all such devices as tend to increase its rhetorical effect, or to add importance to the things stated… dilate1595 = dilatation, n. 3. dilation1623 = dilatation, n. 3. periphrasis1657 figurative. An amplification, a larger expression. Obsolete. magnificationa1834 gen. The amplification, enlargement, or magnified reproduction of an idea, event, etc.; an instance of this. Also: a magnified reproduction of an… enlarging1843 The action of enlarge, v. in its various senses. Subcategories:— an amplification or diffuse passage (3) — one who (2) |
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