 augmentative |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree | |
| Synonyms: | building augmenting | |
| Examples: | "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'" |
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| Related terms: | increasing | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] intensifying by augmentation and enhancement | |
| Synonyms: | enhancive | |
| Related terms: | intensifying | |
| Similar spelling: |
augmentation augmentin augmented augmenting |
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