augment /ög-mentˈ/

1. To increase
2. To make larger

To grow larger

1. Increase (obsolete)
2. The prefixed vowel or initial vowel-lengthening in some past tenses of the verb in Sanskrit and Greek
3. Sometimes applied also to such inflectional prefixes as the ge- of the German perfect participle

augmentˈable adjective

augmentāˈtion noun

1. Increase
2. Addition
3. An additional charge in a coat of arms bestowed as a mark of honour (heraldry)
4. The repetition of a melody in notes of greater length than the original (music)
5. An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors, or an increase in a feu-duty, rent, etc (Scots law)

augmentˈative adjective

1. Having the quality or power of augmenting
2. (of an affix or derivative) increasing the force of the original word (grammar; also noun)

augmentˈed adjective

1. Made larger
2. Increased
3. A semitone higher than perfect or major (music)

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