To increase; to make larger or supplement.
The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
A grammatical prefix
The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
An increase.
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to incre...
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