What is the meaning of Augment?
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
To add an augment to.
A grammatical prefix
- In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.
augment (prefix before a past-tense verb)
part of an estate which a widow could inherit
augment (suffix in some Indo-European languages indicating the past tense)
increase, growth, augmentation
Source: wiktionary.org
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