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单词 amply
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amplyv.

Forms: late Middle English amplye, late Middle English 1600s 1800s amplied (past participle).
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French amplier; Latin ampliāre.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French amplier, amplyer (1213 in Old French; French (now rare) amplier ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ampliāre ampliate v. Compare ampliate v. and later ample v., amplify v.Compare Catalan ampliar (14th cent.), Spanish ampliar (late 14th cent. as past participle ampliado), Italian ampliare (1264).
Obsolete.
transitive. To amplify (something) (in various senses of amplify v.). Usually in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]
echeOE
ekec1200
multiplya1275
morea1300
increase13..
vaunce1303
enlargec1380
augmenta1400
accrease1402
alargea1425
amply?a1425
great?1440
hainc1440
creasec1475
grow1481
amplea1500
to get upa1500
improve1509
ampliatea1513
auge1542
over1546
amplify1549
raise1583
grand1602
swell1602
magnoperate1610
greaten1613
accresce1626
aggrandize1638
majoratea1651
adauge1657
protend1659
reinforce1660
examplify1677
pluralize1750
to drive up1817
to whoop up1856
to jack up1884
upbuild1890
steepen1909
up1934
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 42 Be þer put ventosez al about þe necke, þat þe canale be amplied or larged [L. amplietur].
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. vi. 77 An huge assemble..ben comen..for to amplye this feste with ioye.
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. i. 36 To conclude, his Kingly office is amplied by the subiect.
1820 Gentleman's Mag. May 409/1 The descent of Telemachus into Hades.., embellished and amplied by his own fancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).

amplyadv.

Brit. /ˈampli/, U.S. /ˈæmp(ə)li/
Forms: late Middle English–1600s amplie, late Middle English– amply, 1500s (Scottish) ampley, 1500s amplye, 1500s–1600s amplely.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ample adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < ample adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare ample adv.Compare Old French, Middle French, French amplement (end of the 12th cent.).
1. With reference to speech or writing: fully, comprehensively, copiously; at length.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb]
amply1442
copiously1534
spaciously1614
enlargedly1625
voluminously1633
exuberantly1782
expansively1839
luxuriantly1840
1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §32. m. 3 The kyng more amply enfourmed of this request, wille demesne him therin as a Cristien prynce owe to do.
1529 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 562 I haue send this present portatour to the Kingis Hienes.., amply instructit with my mynd, as he will informe ȝow.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 372 As I have elsewhere more amply expressed.
1741 H. Walpole Let. 2 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 23 Amply commented upon in Parliament.
1820 J. Clare Let. 12 Sept. (1985) 93 You did not judge what a newsmonger I am or you would have told me amply concerning him.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xviii. 224 Though he knew and amply discussed every detail of their expenditures,..Babbitt was no more conscious of his children than of the buttons on his coat-sleeves.
2006 K. S. Inglis Whose ABC? 255 Once a week reporters stationed around the world for news and current affairs spoke more amply.
2.
a. In such a manner as to satisfy all demands or suit a particular purpose; more than sufficiently; plentifully, abundantly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]
enoughOE
roomOE
largely?c1225
rifec1225
foison13..
rivedlyc1300
plenteously1340
plentily1340
fulsomelya1375
abundantlya1382
plenteousc1390
aboundinglyc1400
plentifullyc1400
copiously1447
abundanta1450
amply1454
substantiously1507
fatly?1521
largea1522
plentiful1563
heartily?1577
locupletely1599
redundantly1615
mainly1618
showeringly1621
rifely1648
profusively1650
galore1675
prolifically1735
wholesale1762
copious1791
aplenty1830
plenty1842
swimming1887
1454 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1837) VI. 172 (MED) To graunte to the saide Thomas..youre liveree of clooth..as amplie and as good as any of youre saide chambrelains.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. K Naie, I thinke my selfe to be than moste amplie, and religiously woorshipped.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 45 The Earl of Bristow..returned so home an answer, as the House was amply satisfied with it.
1773 J. Clark Observ. Dis. Long Voy. 334 Allowing that one-fourth of the salted provisions were deducted, it would more than amply counterbalance the expence incurred by laying in tea and sugar.
1835 C. Brontë Let. (1992) I. 135 And as besides Papa, and Aunt both think a fortnight amply sufficient, I certainly shall not exceed that period.
1939 C. Headlam Diary 19 Sept. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) iv. 169 London is amply protected by a balloon barrage.
2010 Nature 7 Oct. 654/2 Animals should behave more altruistically towards kin than non-kin. This has been amply confirmed in diverse species, from microbes to primates.
b. In a generous or unstinting manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb]
roomlyOE
freelyOE
unsparelya1225
largelyc1225
largec1350
liberallyc1410
unsparinglya1500
beneficially1530
bounteously1531
plenteously1535
frankly1551
well1565
well-favouredly1570
bountifully1580
prodigally1590
amply1594
munificently1594
royally1601
prodigal1603
generously1623
ungrudginglya1631
lavishly1769
unstintingly1857
spaciously1864
open-handedly1924
1594 Greenes Funeralls xiv. sig. C4 Our Lord participiates, safetie with happines: With gifts, heauenly Godhead, thy people amply blesse.
1632 T. Heywood Iron Age i. ii. i. 289 Priam..Could not afford Her god-head more applause, Then amply wee bestow on Helena.
1714 Spectator No. 624. ⁋2 A Course of Virtue will in the End be rewarded the most amply.
1866 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxvii, in Monthly Packet June 495 He amply rewarded the faithful men who had aided him.
1996 C. Dexter Death is now my Neighbour (1997) vii. 44 Half a round of toasted bread, buttered, and amply spread from a jar of Frank Cooper's Oxford Marmalade.
2015 G. Lankauskas Land of Weddings & Rain ii. 91 Amply illustrated volumes.. vied for space with dozens of recent 'ethnographic' and folklore studies.
3. With reference to an immaterial thing: to a great extent, in large amount; extensively. Obsolete (in later use passing into sense 2a).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively
substantiallya1425
ample1481
amply1481
greatly1579
supernaculum1599
spaciously1608
extensively1736
largely1785
wholesalely1843
fatly1866
majorly1929
1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. d8 Grauen ymages also..shold be sette in the places, where thassemblee of the people oftenest, & moost amply was had.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Ep. Ded. 4 The same promesse was more amply renued to Abraham.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 191 His merit, As amply liked as Achilles is. View more context for this quotation
c1744 Parl. Bill in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (1753) II. xii. 66 [He] shall..enjoy, all the..privileges..as largely, fully and amply..as any other member.
1860 Temple Bar Dec. 41 They drew amply upon their imagination when facts failed.
4. Extensively; so as to extend over or encompass a large area; (with reference to physical dimensions or proportions) widely, broadly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent
abroadc1300
largelya1398
widely1579
spaciously1598
broadly1599
amply?1611
heaven-wide?1611
spacious1615
extensively1736
extendedly1806
worldwide1836
vastily1844
amplitudinously1921
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adverb] > broadly or widely
broadly1599
awide1610
amply?1611
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 207 Before whom (amply pac't) Marcht Hector.
1755 in F. W. Fairholt Satirical Songs & Poems on Costume (1849) 237 Let it keep her bosom warm, Amply stretch'd from arm to arm.
1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 71 A shady bonnet, Plaited, brown, and amply broad.
1910 Northwestern Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 19 Jan. 153/1 The wheat in both states was amply covered with snow.
2000 D. Webb Pilgrimage in Medieval Eng. iv. 83 The madman Edward of Selling, who was amply built, had a completely different experience.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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