augmentable

Variant of augment

augment definition

aug·ment (ôg ment′; for n. ôg′ment′)

transitive verb

  1. to make greater, as in size, quantity, or strength; enlarge
  2. to add an augment to

Etymology: ME augmenten < OFr augmenter < LL augmentare < augmentum, an increase < L augere, to increase: see wax

intransitive verb

to become greater; increase

noun

  1. Obsolete an increase
  2. Gram. a prefixed vowel or a lengthening or diphthongization of the initial vowel to show past time in Greek and Sanskrit verbs

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