ampliate

American

[am-plee-it, -ayt] / ˈæm pli ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

enlarged; dilated.

Etymology

Origin of ampliate

1505–15; < Latin ampliātus extended (past participle of ampliāre ). See ample, -i-, -ate ¹

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Some others would ampliate and enrich their native tongue with more vocables, which also I commend, if it be aptly and wittily assayed.

From Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos

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