Advertisement

augmentative (adj.)

"having power or quality of augmenting," c. 1500, from Middle French augmentatif (14c.), from Late Latin augmentat-, stem of augmentare "to increase" (see augment). In grammar from 1640s.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of augmentative from WordNet

augmentative (adj.)
increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree;
`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'
augmentative (adj.)
intensifying by augmentation and enhancement;
Synonyms: enhancive
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near augmentative

Augean

auger

aught

augment

augmentation

augmentative

augmented

augur

augury

August

august