amplifyingn.
The action of enlarging, extending, increasing, exaggerating, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.)
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasec1374
dilatationc1400
larging?a1425
magnification?a1425
bredingc1440
ampliation1509
enlarginga1513
dilating1532
ampliating1541
amplification1546
amplifying1553
propagation1563
enlargement1564
widening1569
growth1587
dilation1598
expatiation1612
diduction1634
expansion1635
extendinga1649
dispansion1658
elargement1680
expatiating1708
explicating1730
aggrandizement1772
extension1839
expanse1860
aggrandization1929
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > action of exaggerating
amplifying1553
exaggeration1592
hyperbolizinga1620
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 7 To the encrease and amplifying of his honour.
1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 89 Much amplifying of small offences.
1619 Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 206 The amplifying of the number of the horsemen slayne.
a1653 W. Gouge Learned Comm. Heb. (1655) ii. 6. 152 The excellency of Christs humane nature: in amplifying whereof, he continueth to the end of this Chapter.
1765 R. Lowth Let. to Warburton 86 He sets out with a formed design of amplifying his subject.
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amplifyingadj.
1. Enlarging, magnifying.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [adjective]
augmenting1621
magnified1831
amplifying1867
magnifying1901
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 40 An amplifying lens..by which the field of view is enlarged.
2. Electr. (See amplify v. 2b.)
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [adjective] > amplifying or amplified
amplifying1920
amplified1922
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 274/1 The Boche listening apparatus or amplifying telephone.
1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 888/2 Amplifying valves differ from those used for transmitting purposes in more than mere dimensions and power.
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