1. expatiate Amplify is now rarely used in the sense of increase, to add material substance, bulk, volume, or the like; it is now almost wholly applied to discourse or writing, signifying to make fuller in st Synonyms: amplify, augment, dilate, expand, extend, unfold, develop, enlarge, expatiate, increase, widen Antonyms: abbreviate, amputate, condense, cut down, reduce, summarize, abridge, "boil down, " curtail, epitomize, retrench, sum up
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