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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Serving or tending to amplify; amplificatory; ampliative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Amplificatory.

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  • adjective amplificatory

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  • For example, if the pupil should have to learn this last sentence, let him first strip out its grammatical core, and learn, "The best method is not to hammer in, but to analyze," and then add the amplificative and restrictive clauses, bit by bit, thus: "The best method is of course not to hammer in _the sentences_, but to analyze _them and think_."

    Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals William James 1876

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