Literary notes about amplified (AI summary)
The term “amplified” is employed in literature with a broad range of connotations, from physically increasing volume or intensity to metaphorically expanding concepts and descriptions. Authors use it to suggest that a narrative or idea is enlarged, enriched, or made more forceful—whether it is the description of a space that swells to an “unutterable infinity” [1, 2] or the expansion and embellishment of a theme, as when a detail is “corrected and turned to the good” in a complex analysis [3]. It also appears in contexts that involve reiteration for clarity or dramatic effect, such as when a speaker “amplified” a personal history [4] or when a notion in a text is further developed and deepened [5, 6]. Even technical and historical writings employ the term to denote processes of expansion and enrichment, proving its versatile role in shaping both tone and content.
- Space swelled, and was amplified to a sense of unutterable infinity.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various - Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey - So we see that she has not merely repeated the scene, rather she has amplified it, corrected it and "turned it to the good."
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - That was Mr Appenrodt's story to me across the table, and when I asked him questions he amplified his personal history in various ways.
— from The Gourmet's Guide to London by Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel) Newnham-Davis - Our insight into the causation of the neuroses has therefore been amplified.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - This sentiment he reiterated and amplified on various occasions.
— from The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm by Jesse Macy
