ampliate

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/ˈæmpliət//ˈæmplieɪt/

adjective

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

OriginLatin ampliātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveampliate (comparative more ampliate, superlative most ampliate)

comparative more ampliate · superlative most ampliate

  1. biologyHaving the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
  2. biologyEnlarged.
verbampliate (third-person singular simple present ampliates, present participle ampliating, simple past and past participle ampliated)

present singular third person ampliates · participle present ampliating · participle past ampliated · past ampliated

  1. nonstandardobsoletetransitiveTo enlarge.

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

    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
    1 more example

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

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

Origin

  1. Latinampliātus
  2. Englishampliate

Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”). By surface analysis, ample + -i- + -ate.

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APA

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Chicago

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