ppl. a. [f. AMPLIFY v. + -ED.]
1. Enlarged, extended, augmented, in space, capacity, fullness of particulars, dignity, etc.
1580. Tusser, Husb., 159. The poynts of Huswifery … newly corrected and amplified.
1876. E. Mellor, Priesth., viii. 393. The ‘Kiss of Peace,’ bears the following amplified title—‘or, England and Rome at one on the Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist.’
2. Enlarged in representation, exaggerated.
1580. Baret, Alv., A 369. Words uttered by Hyperbole, amplified words, Verba superlata.
1607. Shaks., Cor., V. ii. 16. I haue beene The booke of his good Acts, whence men haue read His Fame vnparalell’d, happely amplified.
1865. Livingstone, Zambesi, ii. 56. This hint, a little amplified, saved us from the usual exactions.
