ampliate
adjective
am·pli·ate
ˈamplēə̇t,
-ēˌāt
1
: widened, enlarged
2
: having the outer edge prominent —used of insects' wings
Word History
Etymology
Latin ampliatus, past participle of ampliare to make wider, enlarge, from amplior, comparative of amplus wide, large
First Known Use
circa 1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- mass man
- mass media
- mass medium
- mass meeting
- mass meristem
- mass murderer
- mass noun
- mass number
- Mass Observation
- mass of mercury
- mass of the catechumens
- mass of the faithful
- mass of the presanctified
- Mass of the Resurrection
- mass penny
- mass priest
- mass production
- mass ratio
- mass selection
- mass society
- mass spectrograph
- mass spectrometer
- mass spectrometric
- mass spectrometry
- mass spectrum