augment
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English < Old French augmenter < Late Latin augmentare (“‘to increase’”) < Latin augmentum (“‘an increase, growth’”) < augere (“‘to increase’”).
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- Rhymes: -ɛnt
[edit] Verb
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to augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- To increase, make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (music) To increase the largest interval in a triad, especially a fifth or a sixth, by a half-step (chromatic semitone).
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To increase, make larger or supplement
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To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage
To increase an interval by a half step (chromatic semitone)
To increase the largest interval in a triad, especially a fifth or a sixth, by a half-step (chromatic semitone)
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[edit] Noun
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augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
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[edit] External links
- augment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- augment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- augment at OneLook® Dictionary Search
