ampliative
English
Adjective
ampliative (comparative more ampliative, superlative most ampliative)
- That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
- 1988, Frederick L. Will, Beyond Deduction, page 152:
- To speak Hegelese for a moment, since the deductive processes so discriminated require for their own development, for their own self-realization, to be combined with and enriched by their ampliative complements, in the broad view of these matters required by an investigation of philosophical governance the opposition between them must be overcome.
- (Can we date this quote?), Hugh Binning (1627–1653), “Sermon VI.”, in The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning, page 579:
- Therefore I take it to be rather declarative, or ampliative, or both.
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French
Adjective
ampliative
- feminine of ampliatif
Italian
Adjective
ampliative f
- feminine plural of ampliativo