Definition of augment

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Augment (v. t.) 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..

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Augmenter :: Augmenter (n.) One who, or that which, augments or increases anything..
Augment :: Augment (n.) Enlargement by addition; increase.
Point :: Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune..
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To add an augment to.
Majorate :: Majorate (a.) To augment; to increase.
Augmentation :: Augmentation (n.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor..
Augmented :: Augmented (imp. & p. p.) of Augmen.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..
Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds..
Disaugment :: Disaugment (v. t.) To diminish.
Augment :: Augment (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs..
Make :: Make (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) 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..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..
Augmentative :: Augmentative (n.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive..
Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation..
Power :: Power (n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase..
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