Hypertext Webster Gateway: "augmentative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.]
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing
augmentation. -- {Aug*ment"a*tive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the
properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard,
one very dull. Opposed to {diminutive}. --Gibbs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
augmentative
adj 1: increasing or having the power to increase especially in
size or amount or degree; "muscle-building exercises"
[syn: {augmenting}, {building}]
2: intensifying by augmentation and enhancement [syn: {enhancive}]
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