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  1. transitive verb To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: Continuing rains augmented the floodwaters.
  2. transitive verb Linguistics To add an augment to.
  3. intransitive verb To become augmented. See Synonyms at increase.
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  • And, in addition to this daily increase of their danger which such denunciations could not fail to augment, the royal family were now suffering inconveniences which even those whose measures had caused them had never designed. —  The Life of Marie Antoinette
  • On the fourth day, when their army had been augment - ed again by two troops of the Black Horse fresh from duty along the Marches, Arthur called council, meeting with those lords and commanders who had remained true to their allegiance. —  Merlin's Mirror
  • 'Pain is just another enemy to be met and overcome. —  River God
  • In his absence, if you understand. —  The Satan Bug
  • Gest stirred. —  The Boat of a Million Years
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English augmenten, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, an increase, from augēre, to increase; see aug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English augment, from Old French augment = Portuguese augmento = Spanish Italian aumento, from Latin augmentum, increase, growth, from augere, increase: see auction.
  2. from Middle English augmenten, from Old French augmenter, earlier aumenter = Spanish aumentar = Portuguese augmentar = Italian aumentare, from Late Latin augmentare, increase, from Latin augmentum, an increase: see augment, n.
 

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/ɔgˈmɛnt/
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