augment

Definition of Augment in English :

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Verb

1. augment

enlarge or increase

Example Sentences:
'The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East'

2. augment

grow or intensify

Example Sentences:
'The pressure augmented'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Augment

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verb (ɔːɡˈmɛnt )

1.

to make or become greater in number, amount, strength, etc; increase

2. (transitive) music

to increase (a major or perfect interval) by a semitone

Compare diminish (sense 3)

3. (transitive)

(in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) to prefix a vowel or diphthong to (a verb) to form a past tense

noun (ˈɔːɡmɛnt )

4.

(in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) a vowel or diphthong prefixed to a verb to form a past tense

Augment

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verb transitive

1.

to make greater, as in size, quantity, or strength; enlarge

2.

to add an augment to

verb intransitive

3.

to become greater; increase

noun

4. Obsolete

an increase

5. Grammar

a prefixed vowel or a lengthening or diphthongization of the initial vowel to show past time in Greek and Sanskrit verbs

Augment

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v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments

v.tr.

1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: Continuing rains augmented the floodwaters. See Synonyms at increase.

2. Linguistics To add an augment to.

v.intr.

To become augmented.

n. (ôgmĕnt′)

Linguistics The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

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