Definition of augment

• v. t. - To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
• v. t. - To add an augment to.
• v. i. - To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
• n. - Enlargement by addition; increase.
• n. - A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
• v. t. - To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
• v. t. - To add an augment to.
• v. i. - To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
• n. - Enlargement by addition; increase.
• n. - A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.