ampliativeadj.
Logic.
Having the function of enlarging or extending a simple conception, or adding to what is already known.
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ampliative1852
1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. 273 Philosophy..is a transition from absolute ignorance to science, and its procedure is therefore ampliative.
1853 M. Müller in Abp. W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 3) §81. 186 Judgments of an other class attribute to the subject something not directly implied in it, and have been called ampliative, because they enlarge or increase our knowledge.
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