Amplify

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To become larger.

II. Amplify ·vt To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;

— used especially of telescopes, microscopes, ·etc.

III. Amplify ·vt To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, ·etc.; to Expand; to make much of.

IV. Amplify ·vi To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to Dilate; to Expatiate;

— often with on or upon.