| Augment 1. (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; as, to augment an army by reinforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. 2. (v. t.) To add an augment to. 3. (v. i.) To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain. 4. (n.) Enlargement by addition; increase. 5. (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs. Thesaurus Entries add to, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, compound, crescendo, deepen, deteriorate, develop, dilate, distend, embitter, enhance, enlarge, exacerbate, exalt, exasperate, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, fortify, heat up, heighten, hike, hike up, hot up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, irritate, jack up, jump up, lengthen, magnify, make acute, make worse, manifold, maximize, mount, multiply, parlay, provoke, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, recruit, reinforce, rise, sharpen, sour, strengthen, stretch, sufflate, supplement, swell, thicken, up, upsurge, wax, widen, worsen |