I. ȯgˈment, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare, from augmentum increase, from Latin augēre to increase + -mentum -ment — more at eke
intransitive verb
: to become augmented : increase
as the morning advances, the din of labor augments — Washington Irving
transitive verb
1. : to enlarge or increase especially in size, amount, or degree : make bigger : swell
the army was augmented by reinforcements
rain augmented the stream
2. : to make an augmentation to (a coat of arms)
3. : to add an augment to
4.
a. : to increase by a half step (a perfect or a major interval in music)
b. : to double the note values in the development of (a theme in music)
Synonyms: see increase
II. ˈȯgˌment, Brit usually -_mənt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin augmentum
: a prefixed vowel (as epsilon in Greek, usually short a- in Sanskrit) or a lengthening or diphthongization of the initial vowel in certain verb forms to indicate past time (as in Skt asicat “he poured” from sic “to pour”, Gk egrapse “he wrote” from graphein “to write”, Gk ērche “he began” from archein “to begin”)