amplifying

'amplifying'

[magnify.v.01] as in: increase in size, volume or significance

Examples:
Her terror was magnified in her mind

'amplifying'

[overstate.v.01] as in: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Examples:
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery

'amplifying'

[inflate.v.01] as in: exaggerate or make bigger

Examples:
The charges were inflated

'amplifying'

[amplify.v.04] as in: increase the volume of

Examples:
amplify sound

Origins

					amplifying (English)
├── -ing (English)
│   ├── -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -ing (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -inge (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── amplify (English)
    └── amplifyen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── amplifier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── amplificare (Latin)

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