Definition of augment

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

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Difference :: Difference (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Auctary :: Auctary (n.) That which is superadded; augmentation.
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime..
Accession :: Accession (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory..
Ascensive :: Ascensive (a.) Augmentative; intensive.
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..
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..
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..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion..
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..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To add an augment to.
Grow :: Grow (v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
Addition :: Addition (n.) Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building..
Majorate :: Majorate (a.) To augment; to increase.
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth..
Make :: Make (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Augmentation :: Augmentation (n.) The state of being augmented; enlargement.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
Doubler :: Doubler (n.) An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope..
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