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单词 augmention
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augmentionn.

Brit. /ɔːɡˈmɛnʃn/, U.S. /ɔɡˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/, /ɑɡˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augment v., -ion suffix1.
Etymology: Probably irregularly < augment v. + -ion suffix1, after e.g. invention n. Compare earlier augmentation n., augmenting n.Perhaps compare Middle French (rare) aughemention, augmention (respectively, end of the 14th cent. and 16th cent. in isolated attestations; 13th cent. in Old French as augmentium).
Now rare and usually considered nonstandard.
The action of augmenting or making greater; = augmentation n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun]
glorifyinga1340
augmentation?a1439
exaltation1490
erection1503
glorification1549
nobilitatinga1552
sublimating1559
ennobling1596
augmention1605
nobilitation1610
stellifyinga1612
engreateningc1614
superexaltation1618
subliminga1626
stellation1635
aggrandization1649
stellification1650
engrandizinga1652
aggrandizement1656
exaltment1660
apotheosis1738
princification1865
ennoblement1871
1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions sig. Fv Their Desires some augmention ment, while sleeping thus they dream'd not of content.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 187 In augmention of fashion, they very orderly cut and pinke their skin.
1669 Digby's Of Bodies, & of Mans Soul i. xxiv. 270 We shall discern how this work of changing one thing into another, either in nutrition, in augmention, or in generation, will appear not only possible, but easie to be effected.
1724 London Gaz. No. 6313 The States of the Province of Hollands have passed a Resolution to..continue their Deliberations on the Project for an Augmention [of troops].
1775 Morning Chron. 10 May The refractory Americans are not the spring which..has caused such hurry and diligence in our dock yards, such anxiety in manning of ships, and augmention of land forces.
1851 R. J. Statham Suggestions for Establishm. of Industr. Assoc. 32 It might also be found advantageous..to simplify the disposal of government grants in augmention of teachers' salaries.
1940 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 3 Feb. 2/3 Forcing the augmention of Canada's overseas contribution of men through conscription.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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