Part 401

<hw>Am`pli*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ampliatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ampliation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Enlargement; amplification.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.</def>

<h1>Ampliative</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pli*a*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.</def>

<blockquote>"All bodies possess power of attraction" is an <b>ampliative</b> judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. <i>Abp. W. Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amplificate</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am*plif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amplificatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>amplificare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To amplify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Amplification</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am`pli*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amplificatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.</def>

<blockquote>Exaggeration is a species of <b>amplification</b>. <i>Brande & C.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I shall summarily, without any <b>amplification</b> at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The matter by which a statement is amplified; <as>as, the subject was presented without <ex>amplifications</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Amplificative</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am*plif"i*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Amplificatory.</def>

<h1>Amplificatory</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am*plif"i*ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.</def>

<i>Morell.</i>

<h1>Amplifier</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pli*fi`er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who or that which amplifies.</def>

<h1>Amplify</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pli*fy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Amplified</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Amplifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>amplifier</ets>, L. <ets>amplificare</ets>. See <er>Ample</er>, <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.</def>

<blockquote>Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much <b>amplified</b> by our English translator. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amplify</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pli*fy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become larger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further <b>amplify</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>