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Definition: AMPLIATIVE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ampliatively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(ampliatively)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ampliative.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Ampliative" is a common misspelling or typo for: implicative, applicative.

Date "Ampliative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: AMPLIATIVE

Ampliative

Ampliative (from Lat. ampliare, "to enlarge"), a term used mainly in logic, meaning "extending" or "adding to that which is already known."

In Norman law an "ampliation" was a postponement of a sentence in order to obtain further evidence.

References

  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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