ampliate

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English

Etymology

Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”).

Pronunciation

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.
    • 1648, J Hall, chapter XXIII, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, pages 77–78:
      Hovv glad ſhould vve be rather to ampliate the benefit of the great VVork of our Redeemer?
    • 1905, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana:
      In this and the two following genera the space between the postcostal vein and ulnar ramus is distinctly ampliated towards the ape

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈplja.te/, (traditional) /am.pliˈa.te/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: am‧plià‧te, (traditional) am‧pli‧à‧te

Etymology 1

Verb

ampliate

  1. inflection of ampliare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

ampliate f pl

  1. feminine plural of ampliato

References

  1. ^ ampliare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

ampliāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ampliō

Spanish

Verb

ampliate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ampliar combined with te
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