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augmentative |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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