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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. &
vb. n. Augmenting.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an
increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. ?, ?, 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
re["e]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience
augments an evil.
[1913 Webster]
But their spite still serves
His glory to augment. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. &
vb. n. Augmenting.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an
increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. ?, ?, 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
re["e]forcements; 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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
vb.
(present participle of en augment nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
vb.
(present participle of en augment nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
vb.
(present participle of en augment nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
vb.
(present participle of en augment nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a ugment ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
augmenting
Engelska a.
(avledning en augment ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb augment)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Augmenting /ɔːɡmˈɛntɪŋ/ الازديادFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
augmenting /ɔːɡmˈɛntɪŋ/ vermehrend, vergrößernd, mehrend see: augment, augmented, augments, augmentedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]/ˈɔɡˌmɛntɪŋ/
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