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| 1. | a person or thing that augments. |
| 2. | Aviation, Rocketry. any auxiliary device, as an afterburner, for additional thrust from the exhaust of a jet or rocket engine. |
| aug·ment (ôg-měnt') v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments v. tr.
To become augmented. See Synonyms at increase. n. (ôg'měnt') Linguistics The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs. [Middle English augmenten, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, an increase, from augēre, to increase; see aug- in Indo-European roots.] aug·ment'a·ble adj., aug·ment'er n. |
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