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Webster 1913 Edition
Augment
Aug-ment′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Augmented
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Augmenting
.] [L.
augmentare
, fr. augmentum
an increase, fr. augere
to increase; perh. akin to Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], E. 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
His glory to
augment
. Milton.
2.
(Gram.)
To add an augment to.
Aug-ment′
,Verb.
I.
To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense;
as, a stream
. augments
by rainAug′ment
,Noun.
[L.
augmentum
: cf. F. augment
.] 1.
Enlargement by addition; increase.
2.
(Gram.)
A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
☞ In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed [GREEK], forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing [GREEK] to [GREEK].
Webster 1828 Edition
Augment
AUGMENT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To increase; to enlarge in size or extent; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army, by reinforcement; rain augments a stream.2.
To increase or swell the degree, amount or magnitude; as, impatience augments an evil.AUGMENT'
,Verb.
I.