Amplify

ˈæmplɪˌfaɪ

verb

to make something louder, stronger, or more intense

The word 'amplify' comes from the Latin word 'amplificare', which means to enlarge or expand. When you amplify something, you are enhancing or intensifying it, like turning up the volume on a speaker to make the sound louder.

Someone—a pilot, I think—took the microphone from its mount and held it by “Papa’s” bubbling lips in order to amplify his words.

Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

The bandshell would amplify his shout-his plea.

King, Stephen

The Stand

It’s the right and duty of a mother to amplify the family fortunes.

Gregory Maguire

Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister

Do you understand that?” “Yes, sir.” “At no time are you, or any of the men, to amplify in any single instance, my official report.” “If we are questioned, sir?” “Then you know nothing.” “Yes, sir.” The interview ended, and fifty minutes later, a lifeboat kicked lightly off the side of the Far Star.

Asimov, Isaac

Foundation 1 - Foundation

He did not amplify.

Dick, Philip K.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

There were cheers, whistles, stamping feet (the foot-stamping a little less than satisfying without a wood floor to amplify the sound).

Stephen King

Wolves of the Calla

CIV The Fossil Whale From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.

Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Greater than stars or suns, Bounding O soul thou journeyest forth; What love than thine and ours could wider amplify?

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

It will amplify Uncle Enzo's displeasure if they should break their oaths.

Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash

Use the instruments only when they are absolutely required to amplify the flesh: that was the Bene Gesserit teaching.

Frank Herbert

Heretics of Dune

And suddenly the “greatest showman on earth” (his words, not ours) is onstage, using Sonorus to amplify his voice, and .

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two