augments
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment
augments
plural of augment
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Source: Wiktionary
Aug*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting.] Etym: [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. 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 reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. Milton.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: To add an augment to.
Aug*ment", v. i.
Definition: To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
Aug"ment, n. Etym: [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.]
1. Enlargement by addition; increase.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: 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 temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
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