Augment — Defs

01 v. t. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a strea…

imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting

1.
To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
“But their spite still serves His glory to augment.” — Milton.
2.
To add an augment to.(Gram.)

02 v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.

1.
To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.

03 n. Enlargement by addition; increase.

1.
Enlargement by addition; increase.
2.
A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.(Gram.)