augmentative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: augmentative	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
augmentative adj increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'" intensifying by augmentation and enhancement Synonym(s): augmentative, enhancive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augmentative \Augment"ative\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- {Augment"ative*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augmentative \Augment"ative\, 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.