Augment

a. [Fr. augmenter; Lat. aug men to, from augen, to increase.] To make larger; to increase; to enlarge; to add to; to swell; as, to augment an income. Some cursed weeds her cunning hand did know, That could augment his harm, increase his pain."-Fairfaz. -. 1. To increase; to grow larger; to amplify. Aug'ment, n. [Fr. augment; Lat. aug mentum.] Increase; enlargement by addition; state of increase. (Greek Gram.) An increase at the beginning of some of the tenses of verbs. The augment is of two kinds: the syllabic, when the verb begins with a consonant; and the temporal , when it begins with a vowel. Augment'able, a . Capable of augmentation or in crease.