definition of
amplify

[1] #1 amplify v. [magnify] increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind". wn

[2] #2 amplify v. [overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery". wn

[3] #3 amplify v. [inflate, blow up, expand] exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated". wn

[4] #4 amplify v. increase the volume of; "amplify sound". wn