| augment | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become greater in number, amount, strength, etc; increase |
| 2. | (tr) music Compare diminish to increase (a major or perfect interval) by a semitone |
| 3. | (tr) (in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) to prefix a vowel or diphthong to (a verb) to form a past tense |
| —n | |
| 4. | (in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) a vowel or diphthong prefixed to a verb to form a past tense |
| [C15: from Late Latin augmentāre to increase, from augmentum growth, from Latin augēre to increase] | |
| aug'mentable | |
| —adj | |
| aug'mentor | |
| —n | |
| aug'menter | |
| —n | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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