ampliative

comparative more ampliative · superlative most ampliative

1. That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.

   Therefore I take it to be rather declarative, or ampliative, or both.

   a. 1653, Hugh Binning (1627–1653), “Sermon VI.”, in The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning, page 579

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   To speak Hegelese for a moment, since the deductive processes so discriminated require for their own development, for their own self-realization, to be combined with and enriched by their ampliative complements, in the broad view of these matters required by an investigation of philosophical governance the opposition between them must be overcome.

   1988, Frederick L. Will, Beyond Deduction, page 152