ampliate

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (adjective) /ˈæmpliət/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˈæmplieɪt/

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Adjective

ampliate (comparative more ampliate, superlative most ampliate)

1. (zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
2. (botany) Enlarged.

Verb

ampliate (third-person singular simple present ampliates, present participle ampliating, simple past and past participle ampliated)

1. (transitive, obsolete or nonstandard) To enlarge.
   • 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XXIII, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, pages 77–78:

     Hovv glad ſhould vve be rather to ampliate the benefit of the great VVork of our Redeemer?

   • 1905, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana:

     In this and the two following genera the space between the postcostal vein and ulnar ramus is distinctly ampliated towards the ape

References

• “ampliate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Palamite