amplifyv.

/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/

Etymology: < French amplifie-r, < Latin amplificā-re to enlarge (compare amplific-us ), < ampl-us large + fic- = fac- make: see -fy suffix.

gen. To make large; in space, amount, capacity, importance, or representation.

†1. To enlarge or extend in space or capacity. Obs.

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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)]

broada1250

room?1316

enlargec1380

largea1382

magnifya1382

alargec1384

spreada1387

amplify1432

brede1440

expanse1477

ampliatea1513

dilate1528

propagate1548

widen1566

explicate1578

expatiate1603

diduce1605

engross?1611

dilatate1613

biggen1643

promote1652

intend1658

expand1665

to run out1683

amplificate1731

broaden1744

outstretcha1758

largen1869

big1884

1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 111 Aelya..whom he amplifiede with more circuite of walles.

1576 W. Lambard Perambulation Kent (1826) 379 Having amplified the buildings.

1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. Table, Republiques have taken three particular courses to amplify and inlarge their states.

a. To augment in volume or amount. Obs.

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1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 984 A continual reading of all sorts of good Authors..to amplifie his collections.

1626 Bacon Sylva Sylvarum §140 All concaves that proceed from more narrow to more broad do Amplify the sound at the Coming out.

b. Electr. To increase the strength of (an electrical current, signal, etc.).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > amplify

amplify1915

preamplify1948

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > increase signal, current, etc.

amplify1915

1915 Proc. Inst. Radio Engin. III. 282 By connecting the pliotron as an amplifier, as shown in Figure 10, the high frequency currents received from the grid may be amplified from 100- to 600-fold.

1928 Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 4/1 The Archbishop's voice was heard, amplified loudly, but indistinctly, telling us of the sacredness of Ypres.

1931 B.B.C. Year-bk. 279 On arrival at the Brookmans Park control room, the music is amplified to the correct strength and is then passed to the sub-modulators in the main transmitters.

1953 S. W. Amos & D. C. Birkinshaw Television Engin. I. i. 17 In the present BBC television system vision and sound signals are transmitted over separate links but it is common practice for the aerial and early stages of receivers to accept and amplify vision and sound transmissions together.

1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 470/1 The transistor can be used in the same way as a thermionic triode valve to amplify weak electric currents.

†3. To increase or augment (a number). Obs. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > change a number or quantity [verb (transitive)] > increase

amplify1593

1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 27, I amplifie 46226 the Sine thereof by the whole Sine.

†4. intr. (refl.) To become larger. Obs. rare.

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1600 E. Fairfax tr. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. xxxiii. 186 Strait was the way at first..But further in did further amplifie.

5. To extend or increase (anything immaterial) in amount, importance, dignity, etc.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]

echeOE

ekec1200

multiplya1275

morea1300

increase13..

vaunce1303

enlargec1380

augmenta1400

accrease1402

alargea1425

amply?a1425

great?1440

hainc1440

creasec1475

grow1481

amplea1500

to get upa1500

improve1509

ampliatea1513

auge1542

over1546

amplify1549

raise1583

grand1602

swell1602

magnoperate1610

greaten1613

accresce1626

aggrandize1638

majoratea1651

adauge1657

protend1659

reinforce1660

examplify1677

pluralize1750

to drive up1817

to whoop up1856

to jack up1884

upbuild1890

steepen1909

up1934

1549 Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. iii^v, In amplyfyinge of good dedes, the rewarde of immortalitie is amplyfyed also.

a1593 Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. K2, Let no man comfort him..But amplifie his greefe with bitter words.

1681 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix, in Wks. (1872) VIII. 9 This wisdom is amplified, by comparing it with the wisdom of others.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Col. Massachusetts-Bay iii. 329 The house discovered.. a desire to amplify their jurisdiction.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. iii. 44 Logic cannot extend, cannot amplify a science by the discovery of new facts.

6. To enlarge (a story or statement) by telling it more diffusely or fully, or by adding fresh details, illustrations, or reflections; to expand; make much of.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression

amplifya1400

overtell1511

over-English1600

overspeak1611

stretch1674

romance1730

oversay1790

overstate1792

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon

dilate1393

amplifya1400

paraphrase1644

to lay forth1692

expatiate1859

a1400 Chester Plays Proem. 4 And you, worthy marchantes..Amplifye the storie of those wise Kinges three.

1594 H. Platt Jewell House i. 3 To amplifie the same by some of those manifest experiments.

1625 A. Cooke Pope Joane in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 34 You know..how he amplifies every point, and sets it out with all the circumstances.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Amplification, Such is that Passage in Virgil, where, instead of saying merely that Turnus died, he amplifies his Death.

1879 J. C. Geikie Life of Christ li. 602 A parable, which I amplify, for its clearer understanding.

7. intr. To make additional remarks; to speak largely in many words; to lay oneself out in diffusion; to enlarge, expatiate, or dilate.

a. simply.

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1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 13 He tooke his Bible in his hand, whereupon leaning his arme he amplified thus.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 192 In his discourses..he would amplifie so much, he would often lose his way.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iv. 64 Where he is too brief and concise, amplify a little.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. vi, When I wished to amplify, I have done so by notes.

b. with on, upon. arch.

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1692 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wks. xi. (1733) 412 While he was amplifying upon the Story of his good Fortunes.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvi. 166, I..am the less sollicitous..to amplify upon the contents of either.

1808 Scott Marmion iv. Introd., Not even that clown could amplify, On this trite text, so long as I.

8. To enlarge (a thing) in representation; to magnify, exaggerate, make too much of.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)]

flatter?c1225

engregec1386

enhancec1400

extol?1504

extend1509

aggravate1533

exagger1535

blowa1538

amplify1561

exasperate1561

bombast1566

aggerate1570

enlarge1592

rengrege1601

exaggerate1604

magnify1605

hyperbolize1609

to slobber over ——1761

bloat1896

over-heighten1904

overpitch1904

overblow1961

inflate1982

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. 23 The Prophet..doth amplifie y^e madnesse of them.

1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 9 Thus odiously to amplifie and paint foorth their discredite.

1619 Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 206 The amplifying of the number of the horsemen slayne.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iii. 46 The descriptions are neither heightened by fancy, nor amplified by invention.

Draft additions September 2004

To connect (a musical instrument) to an amplifier; to play through an amplifier. Cf. amplified adj.

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1948 Times 4 Nov. 6/4 The piano..sounded as though it was being amplified.

1969 Rolling Stone 3 May 15/2 The guitar is actually the only instrument that improves its quality by being amplified.

1999 S. Valdez Hist. Rock Music 27 The Texas Urban Blues style of guitar is based largely on the Texas Rural Blues style..with two important differences: a full size band backs up the solo vocalist and the guitar is amplified.

Draft additions May 2001

Genetics and Molecular Biol. To make multiple copies of (a gene or other nucleic acid sequence).

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1968 Nature 17 Feb. 649/2 The rate of incorporation of ³H-thymidine is roughly proportional to the mass of the DNA already amplified.

1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2433/1 A single fragment of 340 bp was amplified from both HeLa and rat brain cDNAs.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Apr. 53/2 The invention of recombinant DNA technology..has made it possible to isolate, copy, and amplify genes from a fly and to introduce them into a mouse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).

单词	amplify
释义	amplifyv. /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ Etymology: < French amplifie-r, < Latin amplificā-re to enlarge (compare amplific-us ), < ampl-us large + fic- = fac- make: see -fy suffix. gen. To make large; in space, amount, capacity, importance, or representation. †1. To enlarge or extend in space or capacity. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 111 Aelya..whom he amplifiede with more circuite of walles. 1576 W. Lambard Perambulation Kent (1826) 379 Having amplified the buildings. 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. Table, Republiques have taken three particular courses to amplify and inlarge their states. 2. a. To augment in volume or amount. Obs. ΚΠ 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 984 A continual reading of all sorts of good Authors..to amplifie his collections. 1626 Bacon Sylva Sylvarum §140 All concaves that proceed from more narrow to more broad do Amplify the sound at the Coming out. b. Electr. To increase the strength of (an electrical current, signal, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > amplify amplify1915 preamplify1948 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > increase signal, current, etc. amplify1915 1915 Proc. Inst. Radio Engin. III. 282 By connecting the pliotron as an amplifier, as shown in Figure 10, the high frequency currents received from the grid may be amplified from 100- to 600-fold. 1928 Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 4/1 The Archbishop's voice was heard, amplified loudly, but indistinctly, telling us of the sacredness of Ypres. 1931 B.B.C. Year-bk. 279 On arrival at the Brookmans Park control room, the music is amplified to the correct strength and is then passed to the sub-modulators in the main transmitters. 1953 S. W. Amos & D. C. Birkinshaw Television Engin. I. i. 17 In the present BBC television system vision and sound signals are transmitted over separate links but it is common practice for the aerial and early stages of receivers to accept and amplify vision and sound transmissions together. 1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 470/1 The transistor can be used in the same way as a thermionic triode valve to amplify weak electric currents. †3. To increase or augment (a number). Obs. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > change a number or quantity [verb (transitive)] > increase amplify1593 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 27, I amplifie 46226 the Sine thereof by the whole Sine. †4. intr. (refl.) To become larger. Obs. rare. ΚΠ 1600 E. Fairfax tr. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. xxxiii. 186 Strait was the way at first..But further in did further amplifie. 5. To extend or increase (anything immaterial) in amount, importance, dignity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] echeOE ekec1200 multiplya1275 morea1300 increase13.. vaunce1303 enlargec1380 augmenta1400 accrease1402 alargea1425 amply?a1425 great?1440 hainc1440 creasec1475 grow1481 amplea1500 to get upa1500 improve1509 ampliatea1513 auge1542 over1546 amplify1549 raise1583 grand1602 swell1602 magnoperate1610 greaten1613 accresce1626 aggrandize1638 majoratea1651 adauge1657 protend1659 reinforce1660 examplify1677 pluralize1750 to drive up1817 to whoop up1856 to jack up1884 upbuild1890 steepen1909 up1934 1549 Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. iii^v, In amplyfyinge of good dedes, the rewarde of immortalitie is amplyfyed also. a1593 Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. K2, Let no man comfort him..But amplifie his greefe with bitter words. 1681 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix, in Wks. (1872) VIII. 9 This wisdom is amplified, by comparing it with the wisdom of others. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Col. Massachusetts-Bay iii. 329 The house discovered.. a desire to amplify their jurisdiction. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. iii. 44 Logic cannot extend, cannot amplify a science by the discovery of new facts. 6. To enlarge (a story or statement) by telling it more diffusely or fully, or by adding fresh details, illustrations, or reflections; to expand; make much of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression amplifya1400 overtell1511 over-English1600 overspeak1611 stretch1674 romance1730 oversay1790 overstate1792 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > expatiate upon dilate1393 amplifya1400 paraphrase1644 to lay forth1692 to lay forth1692 expatiate1859 a1400 Chester Plays Proem. 4 And you, worthy marchantes..Amplifye the storie of those wise Kinges three. 1594 H. Platt Jewell House i. 3 To amplifie the same by some of those manifest experiments. 1625 A. Cooke Pope Joane in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 34 You know..how he amplifies every point, and sets it out with all the circumstances. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Amplification, Such is that Passage in Virgil, where, instead of saying merely that Turnus died, he amplifies his Death. 1879 J. C. Geikie Life of Christ li. 602 A parable, which I amplify, for its clearer understanding. 7. intr. To make additional remarks; to speak largely in many words; to lay oneself out in diffusion; to enlarge, expatiate, or dilate. a. simply. ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 13 He tooke his Bible in his hand, whereupon leaning his arme he amplified thus. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 192 In his discourses..he would amplifie so much, he would often lose his way. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iv. 64 Where he is too brief and concise, amplify a little. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. vi, When I wished to amplify, I have done so by notes. b. with on, upon. arch. ΚΠ 1692 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wks. xi. (1733) 412 While he was amplifying upon the Story of his good Fortunes. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvi. 166, I..am the less sollicitous..to amplify upon the contents of either. 1808 Scott Marmion iv. Introd., Not even that clown could amplify, On this trite text, so long as I. 8. To enlarge (a thing) in representation; to magnify, exaggerate, make too much of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 engregec1386 enhancec1400 extol?1504 extend1509 aggravate1533 exagger1535 blowa1538 amplify1561 exasperate1561 bombast1566 aggerate1570 enlarge1592 rengrege1601 exaggerate1604 magnify1605 hyperbolize1609 to slobber over ——1761 bloat1896 over-heighten1904 overpitch1904 overblow1961 inflate1982 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. 23 The Prophet..doth amplifie y^e madnesse of them. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 9 Thus odiously to amplifie and paint foorth their discredite. 1619 Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 206 The amplifying of the number of the horsemen slayne. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iii. 46 The descriptions are neither heightened by fancy, nor amplified by invention. Draft additions September 2004 To connect (a musical instrument) to an amplifier; to play through an amplifier. Cf. amplified adj. ΚΠ 1948 Times 4 Nov. 6/4 The piano..sounded as though it was being amplified. 1969 Rolling Stone 3 May 15/2 The guitar is actually the only instrument that improves its quality by being amplified. 1999 S. Valdez Hist. Rock Music 27 The Texas Urban Blues style of guitar is based largely on the Texas Rural Blues style..with two important differences: a full size band backs up the solo vocalist and the guitar is amplified. Draft additions May 2001 Genetics and Molecular Biol. To make multiple copies of (a gene or other nucleic acid sequence). ΚΠ 1968 Nature 17 Feb. 649/2 The rate of incorporation of ³H-thymidine is roughly proportional to the mass of the DNA already amplified. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2433/1 A single fragment of 340 bp was amplified from both HeLa and rat brain cDNAs. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Apr. 53/2 The invention of recombinant DNA technology..has made it possible to isolate, copy, and amplify genes from a fly and to introduce them into a mouse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < v.a1400
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