Augment: Definition and part of speech

Augment

  1. n. A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To add an augment to.
  4. v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
  5. n. Enlargement by addition; increase.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Augmentation: Definition and part of speech

Augmentation

  1. n. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
  2. n. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
  3. n. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
  4. n. The thing added by way of enlargement.
  5. n. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
  6. n. The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Augmentative: Definition and part of speech

Augmentative

  1. 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.
  2. a. Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Augur: Definition and part of speech

Augur

  1. n. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
  2. n. An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
  3. v. i. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.