| 释义 |
augmentive, a. and n. rare.|ɔːgˈmɛntɪv|
[f. augment v. + -ive: cf. arrestive, etc.]
= augmentative (which shows the more usual type).
1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle iv. xxvii. 72 The sowle hath also power nutritif and augmentif. 1602W. Watson Decacord. 305 For the most advancement of our nobles, and augmentive florish of the whole common wealth. 1816J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 115 The augmentives are ard, est, er, some, ous, etc. |