augment
/ɔːɡˈment/awg-MENT
/ɔɡˈmɛnt/awg-MENT
Meaningto make larger
Common meaning: to make larger
- augto make larger, increaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 203 · scan
- mentnoun ending: act or result
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin augeō ‘to make larger, increase’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry augeō, p. 203 · dictionary scan
Roots
- augeō, auxī, auctum Latin “to make larger, increase”
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