Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AM-PLI-FI-CA'TION, n. [L. amplificatio.]

1. Enlargement; extension.
2. In rhetoric, diffusive description or discussion; exaggerated representation; copious argument, intended to present the subject in every view, or in the strongest light; diffuse narrative, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject; a description given in more words than are necessary, or as illustration by various examples and proofs.