amplifier, amplyfyer

[Eng. amplify; -er.] 1. One who enlarges any space or any material object. the wonder full tyranny which should folowe in ye great cytie Rome wherof they were the fyrst amplyfyers."-Bale: English Votaries, pt. ii., Pref. 2. One who uses amplification in rhetoric. [AMPLIFICATION.] "Do rill a us could need no amplifier's mouth for the highest point of praise."-Sidney.