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Meaning of 'augment'
Meaning of 'augment' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Augment 
[ n.]
- Enlargement by addition; increase. [ n.]- A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
2. Augment [ v. i.]
- To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense;
as, a stream augments by rain. [ v. i.]3. Augment [ v. t.]
- To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to
swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain
augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. [ v. t.]- To add an augment to.
Meaning of 'augment' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. augment [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- grow or intensify
- grow or intensify
Example in sentence:
- The pressure augmented
Meaning (2):
- enlarge or increase
- enlarge or increase
Example in sentence:
- The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East
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