different between outspread vs amplify
outspread
English
Etymology
From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- +? spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”).
Verb
outspread (third-person singular simple present outspreads, present participle outspreading, simple past and past participle outspread)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread out; expand; extend.
Adjective
outspread (comparative more outspread, superlative most outspread)
- Extended outward, as one's arms.
Anagrams
- postdauer, spread out
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amplify
English
Etymology
From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample +? -ify.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æmp.l?.fa?/
- Hyphenation: am?pli?fy
Verb
amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)
- (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
- (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
- (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
- (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
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Further reading
- amplify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amplify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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