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Word: Augment
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from Old French augmenter (verb), augment (noun), or late Latin augmentare, from Latin augere ‘to increase’
ɔːɡˈmɛnt
make (something) greater by adding to it; increase
Short Definition:make something greater by adding to it
Examples:- he augmented his summer income by painting houses
Word: Augment
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɔːɡmənt
a vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in Greek and certain other Indo-European languages.
Short Definition:vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in Greek and certain other Indo-European languages
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