Augmentive

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative..

Definitions by Sense

1. Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
2. Supplementary; additional.
3. (linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
4. (linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
5. Something that augments.

Example Sentences

The data leave little doubt that the augmentive power of these blood samples was much greater from the formed elements than from the plasma.

The third class of tools are augmentive tools which extend the capabilities of the developers in much the same way in which saws, hammers and screwdrivers extend the capabilities of carpenters.

Furthermore, it is very likely that the adaptive reactions to density and their effects may overlap food shortages, so that their effects are mutually augmentive at critical densities.

A planting report as described in subsection (1) of this section shall also be submitted to the cabinet if any augmentive reseeding or replanting, or other augmentive work, is performed within the permit area.

I have the requisite authority to provide augmentive information to you concerning the history and tragic circumstance of the loss.

For many children and youth who are unable to acquire language or use speech, augmentive communication and assistive technology may be important alternatives.

Observe, that as ry is augmentive, it is not usual to give it a plural form, (for the plural termination is in a certain sense augmentive,)

As an opposite to dys, let en (ry) as an augmentive particle, as we have it in en-harmonia, en-telechia, and en-ergetic.

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Word Forms

• more augmentive
• most augmentive
• augmentives

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