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augmentative, a. and n.|ɔːgˈmɛntətɪv|
[a. F. augmentatif, -ive (14th c.), f. L. augmentāt- ppl. stem of augmentāre to augment: see -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Having the property of augmenting, increasing, or adding to; in Metaph. = ampliative.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. vii. 78 Augmentatyf of grace and of benedyccyon. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 266 God..cannot fal under any mutation..augmentative or diminutive. 1857T. Webb Intell. Locke vi. 113 Augmentative Judgments..add to our conception of the subject a predicate which is not contained in it. 1858Marsh Eng. Lang. v. 106 Words inflected in the weak or augmentative manner.
2. Gram.
a. Of a formative suffix or prefix: Augmenting or increasing in force the idea conveyed by a word.
b. Of a word: Augmenting the properties of the term whence it is derived, or generally expressing augmentation of an idea. (Augmentative words are generally formed by the addition of augmentative affixes.)
1641R. Brooke Eng. Episc. i. v. 19 The preposition In..in other compounds (as incipere, inflammare)..they call augmentative. 1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 173 Augmentative Words, or such as encrease the Signification. 1848Latham Eng. Lang. iv. ii. 211 For the word wizard, from witch, see the Section on Augmentative forms.
B. n. An augmentative formative or word.
1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 632 Some nations have used the word bull as an augmentative. 1848Latham Eng. Lang. iv. xv. 287 Compared with capello = ‘a hat,’ the Italian word capellone = ‘a great hat’ is an Augmentative. |