ampliate

English

Etymology

Latin ampliatus, past participle of ampliare (“to make wider”).

Adjective

ampliate (comparative more ampliate, superlative most ampliate)

  1. (zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

Verb

ampliate (third-person singular simple present ampliates, present participle ampliating, simple past and past participle ampliated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To enlarge.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Nicholas Udall
      To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ampliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

ampliate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of ampliare
  2. second-person plural imperative of ampliare
  3. second-person plural present subjunctive of ampliare
  4. feminine plural of ampliato

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Latin

Verb

ampliāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of ampliō
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