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   Augment , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. , , E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.]
   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.
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   But their spite still serves
   His glory to augment.
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   (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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   Augment, v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
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   Augment , n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.]
   Enlargement by addition; increase.
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   (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
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   ☞ In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed , forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing  to .
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