01 n. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.(Rhet.)“Exaggeration is a species of amplification.” — Brande & C.“I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied.” — Sir J. Davies.
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The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.