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The term amplify in literature functions not only as a call to enlarge or intensify a subject but also serves as a method to add depth and clarity to a narrative. Authors use it to expand a question or theme, thereby inviting readers to consider a broader and often more nuanced perspective [1][2]. It can signal a transition from a basic statement to a more exalted or decorated explanation, as seen in classical contexts that stress the notion of enlargement or exaltation [3]. Moreover, in literary narratives, to amplify may mean to enrich descriptions or emotions, allowing subtle details to bloom into fuller, more resonant depictions [4][5].
  1. Let us first amplify the question and get it fairly and fully stated.
    — from Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass by Christopher Whall
  2. I will give you the answers at once, briefly, and amplify them afterwards.
    — from Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by John Ruskin
  3. ἐμεγάλῡνα, to enlarge, amplify, Mat. 23.5; to manifest in an extraordinary degree, Lu. 1.58; to magnify, exalt, extol, Lu. 1.46.
    — from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield
  4. But Madame was before me; she had stepped out suddenly; she seemed to magnify her proportions and amplify her drapery; she eclipsed me; I was hid.
    — from Villette by Charlotte Brontë
  5. The more we amplify our need and our possession, so much the more do we expose ourselves to the blows of Fortune and adversities.
    — from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

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