▪ I. † ˈampliate, v. Obs.
[f. L. ampliāt- ppl. stem of ampliā-re to widen, f. ampl-us ample. Preceded in use by ample v. from Fr.]
To enlarge, extend, increase in size, amount, or dignity; to amplify.
| 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge (1848) 148 Kyng Marius..ampliat and walled strongly Chestre cite. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Paraphr. (1551) I. 206 Others would ampliate and enriche theyr natiue language with moe vocables. 1643 Jessop Angel of Eph. 57 The Bishops power came afterwards to be ampliated. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xi. 385 To ampliate and open the passages of the Messentery. 1686 Goad Celest. Bod. ii. xiv. 341 So ampliating the Serene Day preceding by an Illustrious Close. |
▪ II. ˈampliate, ppl. a.
[ad. L. ampliāt-us: see prec.]
‘Enlarged or dilated.’ Gray Bot. Text-bk. 1880.