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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Logic)

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.

“All bodies possess power of attraction” is an

ampliative

judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes.

Abp. W. Thomson.

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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