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augment

Pronunciation: /au̯ɡˈmɛnt/

“augment” is a Middle English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. An intensification or strengthening.
  2. The stage of a disease where it increases in severity.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augmentum, from augere (“to increase”). First attested in c. 1425.

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