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augment

Pronunciation: /oɡ.mɑ̃/

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

noun

  1. part of an estate which a widow could inherit
  2. augment

In French

  1. Portion des biens du mari que la loi permettait de donner à l’épouse survivante dans les pays de droit écrit.
  2. Lettre ou groupe de lettres accolées devant un affixe sans modification de sens.
  3. Addition qui se fait au commencement d’un temps de verbe, dans certaines langues, notamment en grec ou en volapük.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

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