AUGMENT

Augment

In linguistics, the augment is a syllable added to the beginning of the word in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Greek, Armenian, and the Indo-Iranian languages such as Sanskrit, to form the past tenses.

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augment

Noun

  1. In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

Verb

  1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.
    The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  2. To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  5. To add an augment to.


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