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augmentative

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
aug=ment=a=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

augmentativea. [Cf. F. augmentatif.].
     Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.  [1913 Webster]
augmentativen. 
     A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.  Gibbs.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

augmentative, adj.
1 having the property of increasing.
2 Gram. (of an affix or derived word) reinforcing the idea of the original word.

Etymology
F augmentatif -ive or med.L augmentativus (as AUGMENT)

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