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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.
Definition 2024
augment
augment
English
Verb
augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Translations
to increase, make larger or supplement
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to become greater
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to slow the tempo or meter
to increase an interval by a half step
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Noun
augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
Derived terms
Translations
grammar: prefix indicating past tense of verb
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃/
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
- Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.
- (grammar) augment
- Augment syllabique, celui qui consiste dans l’addition d’une syllabe, comme ετυπτον etupton, je frappais, imparfait de τυπτω tuptó, je frappe.
- Augment temporel, celui qui consiste dans le changement d’une brève en longue, comme ωριζον ówrizon, je bornais, de οριζω orizó, je borne.
References
- “augment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).