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augment

aug·ment

UK/ˈɔːɡmɛnt/ US/ˈɔːɡmənt/ rare

verb

1.

enlarge or increase

  • “The recent speech of the PLO chairman augmented tensions in the Near East”
2.

grow or intensify

  • “The pressure augmented”

Origin

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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