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Am`pli*fi*ca"tion (&unr_;), n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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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.
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Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C.
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I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.
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3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
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