Augment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: Continuing rains augmented the floodwaters.
  • v. Linguistics To add an augment to.
  • verb-intransitive. To become augmented. See Synonyms at increase.
  • n. Linguistics The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To increase; to make larger or supplement.
  • v. To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • v. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  • v. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  • n. In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger
  • v. To add an augment to.
  • verb-intransitive. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense.
  • n. Enlargement by addition; increase.
  • n. A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Increase; enlargement by addition; augmentation.
  • n. In grammar, an addition at the beginning of certain past indicative tenses of the verb in a part of the Indo-European languages.
  • n. In pathology, the period of a fever between its commencement and its height.
  • To increase; enlarge in size or extent; swell: as, to augment an army by reinforcement; impatience augments an evil.
  • In grammar, to add an augment to.
  • In heraldry, to make an honorable addition to, as a coat of arms.
  • To become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; increase; grow larger.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. grow or intensify
  • v. enlarge or increase
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grow    increase   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    swell    increase   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    ascent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts