About The Word Augmentative
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Augmentative
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What's The Definition Of Augmentative?
[adj] intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
[adj] increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "muscle-building exercises" Synonyms | Synonyms for Augmentative: augmenting | building | enhancive | increasing | intensifying Related Terms | Find terms related to Augmentative: See Also | Augmentative In Webster's Dictionary \Aug*ment"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.]
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing
augmentation. -- {Aug*ment"a*tive*ly}, adv.
\Aug*ment"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to {diminutive}. --Gibbs. |
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