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Meaning of 'augmentative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Augmentative [ a.]
- Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
2 . Augmentative [ n.]
- A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.

Meaning of 'augmentative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . augmentative [ s]
Meaning (1):
- increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
Example in sentence:
  • `up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'

Nearby Words:

augean auger auget aught augite augitic augment augmentable augmentation augmented

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