amplio

ampliō āvī, ātus, āre

amplus, to widen, extend, increase, enlarge, amplify : rem, H.: servitia, Ta.—In law, to delay a judgment, adjourn, reserve a decision (by the technical word amplius): causam: potestas ampliandi. — With acc.person, to defer one's business, put off the case of : bis ampliatus tertio absolutus est reus, L.