augment.
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
Meaning & usage
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.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
To add an augment to.
Where this word comes from
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 increase”).
A grammatical prefix In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
A grammatical prefix Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
A grammatical prefix In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.
Where this word comes from
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 increase”).
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