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verb

Augment v. t. (past & past part. augmented; pres. part. augmenting)

To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. "But their spite still serves His glory to augment."

(Gram.) To add an augment to.

Augment v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.

noun

Augment n.

Enlargement by addition; increase.

(Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Another World - Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah • Benjamin Lumley (AKA Hermes)

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— Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 • Edward Ziegler Davis

... have been more affectionately received by the queen her mother, had she not, upon first sight of her, guessed the occasion of her coming. 'Daughter,' said she, 'I plainly perceive you are not come hither to visit me; you come to inquire after the king your son; and the only news I can tell you will augment both your grief and mine. I no sooner saw him arrive in our territories, than I rejoiced; yet, when I came to understand he had come away without your knowledge, I began to share with you the concern you must needs feel.' ...

— Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights • E. Dixon

... particular need of my assistance and advice. She would refuse nothing to make my situation eligible. I had only to point out where she was deficient in her treatment of me, and she would endeavour to supply it. She was willing to augment my emoluments in any degree that I desired. She could not think of parting with me; but, at any rate, she must ...

— Edgar Huntley • Charles Brockden Brown

... result, therefore, of an expedition which was designed to expose the hollowness and the weakness of the Ulster case was to augment the prestige of the Ulster leaders and the self-confidence of the Ulster people, and to make both leaders and followers understand better than before the strength of the position in ...

— Ulster's Stand For Union • Ronald McNeill

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