amplify (amplifies 3rd person present) (amplifying present participle) (amplified past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds... V n
The music was amplified with microphones... V n
`This is the police,' came the amplified voice from the helicopter. V-ed
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amplification n-uncount
...a voice that needed no amplification.
2 verb To amplify something means to increase its strength or intensity.
The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat... V n