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Amplification | Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) 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. [1913 Webster] Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster] I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications. [1913 Webster] |
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