augmentive

English

adj
Definitions
  • Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
  • Supplementary; additional.
  • (linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.

Etymology

Suffix from English augment.

Origin

English

augment

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