augment

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: aug=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

augment, v. t. [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. , , E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "But their spite still serves
  His glory to augment."  [1913 Webster]
•  To add an augment to.  [1913 Webster]

augment, v. i. 

 To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.  [1913 Webster]

augment, n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.].

•  Enlargement by addition; increase.  [1913 Webster]
•  A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.  [1913 Webster]

  " In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

augment, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. make or become greater; increase.
--n. Gram. a vowel prefixed to the past tenses in the older Indo-European languages.

Idiom

augmented interval Mus. a perfect or major interval that is increased by a semitone.

Derivative

augmenter n.

Etymology

ME f. OF augment (n.), F augmenter (v.), or LL augmentum, augmentare f. L augere increase

THESAURUS

augment

add to, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, compound, crescendo, deepen, deteriorate, develop, dilate, distend, embitter, enhance, enlarge, exacerbate, exalt, exasperate, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, fortify, heat up, heighten, hike, hike up, hot up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, irritate, jack up, jump up, lengthen, magnify, make acute, make worse, manifold, maximize, mount, multiply, parlay, provoke, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, recruit, reinforce, rise, sharpen, sour, strengthen, stretch, sufflate, supplement, swell, thicken, up, upsurge, wax, widen, worsen

ROGET THESAURUS

augment

Increase

VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.

Addition

VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.

Adjunct

N adjunct, addition, additament, additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex, augment, augmentation, increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item, garnish, sauce, accompaniment, adjective, addendum, complement, supplement, continuation, rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary, piece, flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege, tail, suffix, wing, additional, alate, alated, winged, in addition.