Thesaurus: augment

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To add an augment to.
3. v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
4. n. Enlargement by addition; increase.
5. n. A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
6. v. enlarge or increase
7. v. grow or intensify
8. 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 augment. Milton. 2. (Gram.) To add an augment to. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain. 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. Note: In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing
9. v:100 v. enlarge or increase v. grow or intensify