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Definition of Amplifications
Amplification Amplification Am`pli*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. amplificatio.]
1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions;
enlargement; extension.
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.
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.
3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the
subject was presented without amplifications.
