About The Word Augment
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Augment
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What's The Definition Of Augment?
[v] enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the PLO chairman augmented tensions in the Near East"
[v] grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented" Synonyms | Synonyms for Augment: Related Terms | Find terms related to Augment: add to | agent provocateur | aggrandize | aggravate | amplify | annoy | bloat | blow up | boost | broaden | build | build up | bulk | bulk out | compound | crescendo | deepen | deteriorate | develop | dilate | distend | embitter | enhance | enlarge | exacerbate | exalt | exasperate | expand | extend | fatten | fill out | fortify | heat up | heighten | hike | hike up | hot up | huff | increase | inflate | intensify | irritate | jack up | jump up | lengthen | magnify | make acute | make worse | manifold | maximize | mount | multiply | parlay | provoke | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | put up | pyramid | raise | rarefy | recruit | reinforce | rise | sharpen | sour | strengthen | stretch | sufflate | supplement | swell | thicken | up | upsurge | wax | widen | worsen Augment In Webster's Dictionary \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Augmented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Augmenting}.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an
increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. ?, ?, E.
wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.]
1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to
swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by
re["e]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience
augments an evil.
But their spite still serves His glory to augment.
--Milton.
2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
\Aug*ment"\, v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain. \Aug"ment\, n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase. 2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. Note: In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed ?, forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing ? to ?. |
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