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Ampliatio

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Noun
  1. 1
    Using an epithet of something or someone for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable. rhetoric, uncountable
  2. 2
    A deferred decision. Roman, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”). Doublet of ampliation.

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