augment

English

/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/, /ɑɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈɔːɡmənt/, /ˈɑɡmənt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
  • (intransitive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  • (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  • (grammar) To add an augment to.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French augmenter derived from Latin augmentare, augmentum (growth, increase, augmentation, an increase) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewg-

Gloss

increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殖

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