An humble amplexation of those sacred feet.
Bp. Hall.
Am*plex"i*caul (&?;), a. [L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule.] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.
Am"pli*ate (&?;), v. t. [L. ampliatus, p. p. of ampliare to make wider, fr. amplus. See Ample.] To enlarge. [R.]
To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire.
Udall.
Am"pli*ate (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
Am`pli*a"tion (&?;), n. [L. ampliatio: cf. F. ampliation.] 1. Enlargement; amplification. [R.]
2. (Civil Law) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.
Am"pli*a*tive (&?;), a. (Logic) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
"All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes.
Abp. W. Thomson.
Am*plif"i*cate (&?;), v. t. [L. amplificatus, p. p. of amplificare.] To amplify. [Obs.] Bailey.
Am`pli*fi*ca"tion (&?;), n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
2. (Rhet.) 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.
Exaggeration is a species of amplification.
Brande & C.
I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied.
Sir J. Davies.
3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
Am*plif"i*ca*tive (&?;), a. Amplificatory.
Am*plif"i*ca*to*ry (&?;), a. Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell.
Am"pli*fi`er (&?;), n. One who or that which amplifies.
Am"pli*fy (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amplified (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Amplifying.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy.] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
Dryden.