ampliationn.
arch.
1. Enlarging, extending, amplification.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasec1374
dilatationc1400
larging?a1425
magnification?a1425
bredingc1440
ampliation1509
enlarginga1513
dilating1532
ampliating1541
amplification1546
amplifying1553
propagation1563
enlargement1564
widening1569
growth1587
dilation1598
expatiation1612
diduction1634
expansion1635
extendinga1649
dispansion1658
elargement1680
expatiating1708
explicating1730
aggrandizement1772
extension1839
expanse1860
aggrandization1929
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure viii. xi, Wyth amplyacion more connyng to get, By the laboure of inventyfe busynes.
1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 86 Meditating unjust ampliations of government.
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. 121 The due spreading and ampliation of a Tree or Plant.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 157 Odious Matters admit not of an Ampliation, but ought to be..interpreted in the mildest sense.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 271 This quantity [sc. extension] alone admits of ampliation or restriction.
2. That which is added in the process of enlarging; an enlargement or extension.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > an expanded thing or part
ampliation1590
enlargementa1691
expansion1860
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. 191 b, Which conclusion is accompanied with no smal traine of ampliations & limitations.
1624 W. Bedel Copies Certaine Lett. iii. 71 A long compasse of a sentence..with I know not how many ampliations and alternatiues.
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. 109 The Skin of the Leaf is only the ampliation of that of the Branch.
3. Law. Deferring of judgement till a case has been more fully examined.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > deferring of judgement
ampliation1656
retention1658
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ampliation, a deferring or prolonging of Judgment or Trial, till the Cause be better certified.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satires (1673) 244 Which delay of the cause was called ampliation.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xxvii, [The Judges of the Areopagus] signifying..by A. Ampliation or a Demur, when the Case was not sufficiently examined.
1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Ampliation..in law a referring of judgment, till the cause is further examined.
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