Augmentative

[ɔ:g'mentәtiv]

Definition

(adj.) intensifying by augmentation and enhancement .

(adj.) increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; '`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'' .

Typist: Vance--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

(n.) 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.

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