[aug.ment] vb [ME, fr. MF augmenter, fr. LL augmentare, fr. L augmentum increase, fr. augere to increase--more at eke] vt (14c) 1: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense "the impact of the report was ~ed by its timing"
2: to add an augment to
3: supplement "~ed her scholarship by working nights" ~ vi: to become augmented syn see increase -- aug.ment.er or aug.men.tor n
[2]aug.ment n (ca. 1771): a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time esp. in Greek and Sanskrit verbs