augment

Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/

The English word “augment” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
To add an augment to.

noun

In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.

Etymology

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).

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