Definition of "augment" []

• To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: Continuing rains augmented the floodwaters. (verb-transitive)
• Linguistics To add an augment to. (verb-transitive)
• To become augmented. See Synonyms at increase. (verb-intransitive)
• Linguistics The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs. (noun)

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• "Of course, that hasn't stopped Jasper Fforde from saying idiotic things like: "My thoughts on Fan Fiction are pretty much this: That it seems strange to want to copy or 'augment' someone else's work when you could expend just as much energy and have a lot more fun making up your own.""
• "This may not be what most people imagine when they think of augmented reality, but it is perhaps the main money spinner for using data to "augment" the real world."
• "The 2008 treaty paved the way for Italy and Libya to "augment" their economic ties, said Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya's National Oil Co. and a former prime minister."