ampliation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ampliation
1500–10; < Latin ampliātiōn- (stem of ampliātiō ) an extending. See ampliate, -ion
Example Sentences
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And therefore I said the word was rather for ampliation, that is, rather to encourage these who accounted themselves excluded, than to exclude any who desire to come.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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