Augment Synonyms & Definitions

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• AugmentDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Enlargement by addition; increase.
2. (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.
3. (v. i.) To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
4. (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
5. (v. t.) To add an augment to.

• AugmentationDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
2. (n.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
3. (n.) The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
4. (n.) The thing added by way of enlargement.
5. (n.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
6. (n.) The state of being augmented; enlargement.