Word Finder - augmenting

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To increase; to make larger or supplement.

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The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

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To grow; to increase; to become greater.

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To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

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To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).

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(grammar) To add an augment to.

This he effected by reductions in permanent expenditure, amounting in the aggregate to 12 millions sterling, as well as by augmenting the revenue from land that had escaped assessment, and from the opium of Malwa.

Parsimony is the source of the increase of capital; by augmenting the fund devoted to the maintenance of productive hands, it puts in motion an additional quantity of industry, which adds to the value of the annual produce.

More rapacious than ambitious, she concerned herself little with government, but devoted her energies chiefly to augmenting her income, and providing for her family and friends.

Harsh and rough, he compelled admiration for his delight in work, his aptitude in disentangling affairs, his desire of continually augmenting the wealth of the state, and his regard for the public welfare without forgetting his own.

The pads are removable for easy washing, as well as determining where you best need augmenting.

A network of party policy embraces and dominates the burghs of Italy, bringing the most distant centres into relation, and by the very division of the country augmenting the sense of nationality.

As the result of a Commission appointed in 1902, a considerable addition has been made to the expenditure on police, which is being devoted to increasing the pay of all the lower grades and to augmenting the number of investigating officers.

Her tests appear to show that molybdenum is even more effective than tungsten in augmenting the coercive force, the highest values observed being 70 to 74 for tungstensteel, and 80 to 85 for steel containing 3.5 to 4% of molybdenum.

The system of rattachement was in great part abandoned, and decentralization was obtained by augmenting the powers of the governor-general, and by granting to Algeria legal personality and a special budget (see above, Central Government).

You can spice up your wardrobe by augmenting your look with unique and different items of jewelry in the same color families of clothing you currently own -- for a fresh, flattering look that doesn't break the bank.

Other helpful alternative approaches include identifying and eliminating food allergens from the diet, enhancing the function of the liver, augmenting the hydrochloric acid in the stomach, and completing a detoxification program.