English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Amphoral
(a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Amphoric
(a.)
Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not
filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty
decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
Amphoteric
(a.)
Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor
alkaline; neutral.
Ample
(a.)
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious;
roomy; widely extended.
Ample
(a.)
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample
fortune; ample justice.
Ample
(a.)
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive;
as, an ample narrative.
Amplectant
(a.)
Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.
Ampleness
(n.)
The state or quality of being ample; largeness;
fullness; completeness.
Amplexation
(n.)
An embrace.
Amplexicaul
(a.)
Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some
leaves.
Ampliate
(v. t.)
To enlarge.
Ampliate
(a.)
Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of
insects.
Ampliation
(n.)
Enlargement; amplification.
Ampliation
(n.)
A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further
consideration or re-argument.
Ampliative
(a.)
Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is
already known or received.
Amplificate
(v. t.)
To amplify.
Amplification
(n.)
The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions;
enlargement; extension.
Amplification
(n.)
The matter by which a statement is amplified; as,
the subject was presented without amplifications.
Amplification
(n.)
The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity
of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect;
diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the
particulars of a subject.
Amplificative
(a.)
Amplificatory.