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augt

Pronunciation: [ˈaû̯kt]

“augt” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to grow (to become bigger as a result of normal biological development)
  2. to grow (to spend one's childhood and/or adolescence)
  3. to grow, to mature, to grow into (to become bigger, stronger, to become (something) as a result of the growing process)
  4. to grow (to be found, to live, to exist)
  5. to grow (to increase in size or number; to develop, to become better, to spread wider)
  6. to grow (to become stronger, more intense)
  7. to grow, to develop (to strengthen one's skills, talents, to broaden one's horizons, one's knowledge)
  8. to grow, to swell (to fill up with pus; to spread over the skin)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *augtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, to become many”). Cognates include Lithuanian áugti, Old Prussian auginnons (“having raised”) (cf. Latvian audzināt), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan, “to increase, to grow”), Old Norse auka (“to increase”), Sanskrit उग्र (ugrá, “mighty, powerful”), Avestan 𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬀 (ugra, “strong”), Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to increase, to…

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