Augment

Aug·ment

Augment

v. t.

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.
  2. To add an augment to. (Gram.)

Augment

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

Augment

n.
  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.)