AMPLIFICATION

AMPLIFICA'TION, noun [Latin amplificatio.]1. Enlargement; extension.2. In rhetoric, diffusive description or discussion; exaggerated representation; copious argument, intended to present the subject in every view or in the strongest light; diffuse narrative, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject; a description given in more words than are necessary, or an illustration by various examples and proofs.

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Am′pli‐fi‐ca″tion (�), n. [[L. amplificatio.]] 1. 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
2. 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. 3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.