Augmented
[ɔːɡ'mentɪd] or [ɔg'mɛntɪd]
Definition
(adj.) added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; 'his augmented renown'; 'a greatly augmented collection of books' .
Editor: Rudolf--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Augment
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Examples
- 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.
- The Walravens' party, augmented in numbers, now became very gay. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Napoleon has augmented the commercial prosperity of France in ten years to such a degree that figures can hardly compute it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It has gradually augmented, until it assumes the appearance of aberration of intellect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If it is not augmented, their real recompence will evidently be so much diminished. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Stand back,' said Mr. Grummer, whose dignity, like the dignity of a great many other men, had been wondrously augmented by a little popularity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As the fire augmented, symptoms of it became soon apparent in the chamber, where Ivanhoe was watched and tended by the Jewess Rebecca. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The assurance he now had, that Blandois, whatever his right name, was one of the worst of characters, greatly augmented the burden of his anxieties. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- How, then, does the lesser difference between varieties become augmented into the greater difference between species? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Have the exorbitant profits of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon augmented the capital of Spain and Portugal? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yet I fear that the same feelings now exist that made you so miserable a year ago, even perhaps augmented by time. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This evidence will be still augmented, if we reverse the experiment, and preserving still the same relations, begin only with a different passion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- My sufferings were augmented also by the oppressive sense of the injustice and ingratitude of their infliction. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The English and French carried on some trade with India in the last century, but it has been greatly augmented in the course of the present. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The shouts of both parties augmented the fearful din, the assailants crying, Saint George for merry England! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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