Entry Word: amplify

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to express more fully and in greater detail <after filing a report of missing luggage, he was asked to amplify a bit as to the circumstances> — see expand 1
2 to make greater in size, amount, or number <the number of blood volunteers was significantly amplified by the promise of thank-you gifts to donors> — see increase 1
3 to make markedly greater in measure or degree <a foxʼs large ears serve to amplify such sounds as little critters skittering among stones> — see intensify