Augment
(Aug"ment) n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.]
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.
In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase
of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing to .
Augmentable
(Aug*ment"a*ble) a. Capable of augmentation. Walsh.
Augmentation
(Aug`men*ta"tion) n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.]
1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
2. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
3. The thing added by way of enlargement.
4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.
5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.
6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of
the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.
Syn. — Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
Augmentative
(Aug*ment"a*tive) a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing
augmentation. — Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
Augmentative
(Aug*ment"a*tive), n. (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea
or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.
Gibbs.
Augmenter
(Aug*ment"er) n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
Augrim
(Au"grim) n. See Algorism. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. — Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals.
Chaucer.
Augur
(Au"gur) n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last
syllable, gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus garrulous.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of
birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or
unusual occurrences.
2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Dryden.
Augur
(Au"gur), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Augured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Auguring.]
