To enlarge; to augment; to increase or extend, in a general sense; applied to material or immaterial things.

In rhetoric, to enlarge in discussion or by representation; to treat copiously, so as to present the subject in every view and in the strongest lights.

To enlarge by addition; to improve or extend; as, to amplify the sense of an author by a paraphrase.

To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon; often followed by on; as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse.

To exaggerate; to enlarge by representation or description; as, Homer amplifies - not invents.