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English

Etymology

From augmenter.

Pronunciation


Verb

  1. To increase, make larger or supplement.
  2. :The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  4. To increase an interval by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  5. To increase the largest interval in a triad, especially a fifth or a sixth, by a half-step (chromatic semitone).


Translations

Noun

  1. In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.


et:augment fa:augment fr:augment gl:augment io:augment id:augment it:augment hu:augment ru:augment sv:augment ta:augment te:augment vi:augment zh:augment

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Augment \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.
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But their spite still serves
His glory to augment. --Milton.
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2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. i.
To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a
stream augments by rain.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Augment \Aug"ment\, n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.]
1. Enlargement by addition; increase.
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2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial
vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
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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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WordNet augment
v 1: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the PLO chairman
augmented tensions in the Near East"
2: grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
Moby Dictionary
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


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