English Dictionary: ampliative | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ampliative \Am"pli*a*tive\, a. (Logic) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. [bd]All bodies possess power of attraction[b8] is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes. --Abp. W. Thomson. |