ampliate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ampliate
1505–15; < Latin ampliātus extended (past participle of ampliāre ). See ample, -i-, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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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 Project Gutenberg
And shall only take notice of such whose experimental and judicious knowledge shall be employed, not to traduce or extenuate, but to explain and dilucidate, to add and ampliate, according to the laudable custom of the ancients in their sober promotions of learning.
From Project Gutenberg
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