[f. prec. + -ING1.] The action of enlarging, extending, increasing, exaggerating, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1553. T. Wilson, Rhet., 7. To the encrease and amplifying of his honour.
1589. Bp. Cooper, Admon., 89. Much amplifying of small offences.
1619. [See AMPLIFY 8.]
1655. Gouge, Comm. Heb. ii. 6, 152. The excellency of Christ’s humane nature: in amplifying whereof, he continueth to the end of this chapter.
1765. R. Lowth, Let. Warburton, 86. He sets out with a formed design of amplifying his subject.
