amplified, ppl. a.
(ˈæmplɪfaɪd)
[f. amplify v. + -ed.]
1. Enlarged, extended, augmented, in space, capacity, fullness of particulars, dignity, etc.
| 1580 Tusser Husb. 159 The poynts of Huswifery..newly corrected and amplified. 1876 E. Mellor Priesth. viii. 393 The ‘Kiss of Peace,’ bears the following amplified title—‘or, England and Rome at one on the Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist.’ |
2. Enlarged in representation, exaggerated.
| 1580 Baret Alv. A 369 Words uttered by Hyperbole, amplified words, Verba superlata. 1607 Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 16, I haue beene The booke of his good Acts, whence men haue read His Fame vnparalell'd, happely amplified. 1865 Livingstone Zambesi ii. 56 This hint, a little amplified, saved us from the usual exactions. |
3. Electr. (See amplify v. 2 b.)
| 1922 Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 856/1 Energy coming in on either [telephone] line will in part go into R, which..sends out amplified energy to both lines. |
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▸ Of a musical instrument: connected to an amplifier, either directly or via a microphone; played through an amplifier.
| 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 242/2 A dog may be made to howl melancholiously when certain notes are sounded upon an amplified zither. 1967 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 24 May 17/3, I don't think I could handle an amplified guitar. 1996 R. Niles et al. in P. Trynka Rock Hardware 74/2 A major turning point in the instrument's history was the advent of amplification: John Lee Williamson started playing amplified harmonica for club dates around 1946, as did namesake Sonny Boy Williamson II. |