Literary notes about amplify (AI summary)
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].
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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