A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Amplifie, v. Also: amplife, amplyfie, amplefie. [ME. amplify(e, -fie, F. amplifier, L. amplificāre.]
1. tr. To enlarge, expand, extend; to amplify.1562-3 Winȝet II. 57/26 (that euerie thing mot be amplifiit). a1578 Pitsc. I. 395/1 (in amplefieing of the libertie of his croune). 1581 Burne Disput. 120 b (we se the kirk largelie amplifeit).
2. To furnish or endow liberally.1570 Sat. P. x. 411.
With all gude vertewis he wes amplifeit 1596 Dalr. I. 267/33; Ib. 275/17.
The same kirk he amplifeit with mony giftes
