Augment
[ɔːg'ment] or [ɔɡ'mɛnt]
Definition
(verb.) enlarge or increase; 'The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East'.
(verb.) grow or intensify; 'The pressure augmented'.
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Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To add an augment to.
(v. i.) To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
(n.) Enlargement by addition; increase.
(n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
Typist: Veronica
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Enlarge, increase, magnify, add to, make larger.
v. n. Increase, grow larger.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENLARGE]
Typist: Zamenhof
Definition
v.t. to increase: to make larger.—v.i. to grow larger.—n. Aug′ment increase: (gram.) the prefixed vowel to the past tenses of the verb in Sanskrit and Greek. Sometimes applied also to such inflectional prefixes as the ge- of the German perfect participle.—adjs. Augment′able Augment′ative having the quality or power of augmenting.—n. (gram.) a word formed from another to express increase of its meaning.—ns. Augmentā′tion increase: addition: (her.) an additional charge in a coat-of-arms bestowed by the sovereign as a mark of honour: (mus.) the repetition of a melody in the course of the piece in notes of greater length than the original: (Scots law) an increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors; Augment′er.
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Examples
- Just as we come to know them better, intermediate forms flow in, and doubts as to specific limits augment. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Norris, whose attachment seemed to augment with the demerits of her niece, would have had her received at home and countenanced by them all. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- To augment our share of the colony trade beyond what it otherwise would be, is the avowed purpose of the monopoly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her present visit to London tended to augment her state of inquietude, by shewing in its utmost extent the ravages occasioned by pestilence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But even in the case of an inferiority, we still desire a greater distance, in order to augment, still more the idea of ourself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This operation could not augment, in the smallest degree, the quantity of money to be lent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The capital of the country, though it might nominally be the same, would really be augmented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Its agriculture, manufactures, and trade, on the contrary, the annual produce of its land and labour, have evidently been augmented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His original curiosity augmented every day, as he watched for her, saw or did not see her, and speculated about her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On the contrary, it would, in most cases, be augmented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This difference in the imagination has a suitable effect on the passions; and this effect is augmented by another circumstance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They had, before this, gradually augmented their dividend from about six to ten per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This greater abundance, as it must necessarily have increased their enjoyments, so it must likewise have augmented their industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A like reflection on general rules keeps us from augmenting our belief upon every encrease of the force and vivacity of our ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The increase of their produce would increase the population of the country, by augmenting the revenue and consumption of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The high price of lean cattle, by augmenting the value of uncultivated land, is like a bounty against improvement. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And that this circumstance has a considerable effect in augmenting its influence, will appear afterwards in examining the nature of malice and envy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Here were two machines destined to be joined together, economizing space, enhancing economy, augmenting capacity, reducing investment, and increasing dividends. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From mines, too, is drawn what is necessary for maintaining and augmenting that part of it which consists in money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Comparison is in every case a sure method of augmenting our esteem of any thing. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- His pain, considered in itself, is painful to us, but augments the idea of our own happiness, and gives us pleasure. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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