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Definition of Augment

Augment
Augment Aug*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. ?, ?, E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re["e]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. --Milton. 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
Augment
Augment Aug*ment", v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
Augment
Augment Aug"ment, n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase. 2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. Note: In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed ?, forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing ? to ?.

Meaning of Augment from wikipedia

- Look up augment, augmentation, or augmented in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Augment or augmentation may refer to: Augment (Indo-European), a syllable...
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- An augmentative (abbreviated AUG) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is...
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- augmented seventh chord, or seventh augmented fifth chord, or seventh sharp five chord is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, augmented fifth...
- and pluperfect exist). The two kinds of augment in Gr**** are syllabic and quantitative. The syllabic augment is added to stems beginning with consonants...
- In music, an augmented sixth (Play) is an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from C to A...
- The augment is an Indo-European verbal prefix used in Indo-Iranian, Gr****, Phrygian, Armenian, and Albanian, to indicate past time. The augment might...