v. t. | 1. | To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; |
2. | (Gram.) To add an augment to. | |
v. i. | 1. | To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; |
n. | 1. | Enlargement by addition; increase. |
2. | (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. |
Verb | 1. | augment - enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the PLO chairman augmented tensions in the Near East" |
2. | augment - grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented" |