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ampliate

/ˈæmpliət/

ampliate adjective: having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

Adjective

ampliate (comparative more ampliate, superlative most ampliate)

  1. Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
  2. Enlarged.

Verb

IPA/ˈæmplieɪt/

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

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, transitive) To 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
    • In this and the two following genera the space between the postcostal vein and ulnar ramus is distinctly ampliated towards the ape1905, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana

Forms of ampliate

Adjective
comparativemore ampliate
superlativemost ampliate
Verb
third-person singular presentampliates
present participleampliating
past participleampliated
pastampliated

Origin of ampliate

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

Questions about ampliate

What does ampliate mean?
Ampliate means having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
What part of speech is ampliate?
Ampliate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce ampliate?
Ampliate is pronounced /ˈæmpliət/.

Words near ampliate in the dictionary

  1. amplexions
  2. amplexograptid
  3. amplexoid
  4. amplexus
  5. amplexus reservatus
  6. ampliate
  7. ampliated
  8. ampliates
  9. ampliating
  10. ampliatio
  11. ampliation

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