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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
augmented
adj
  1. added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Augment \Aug*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Augmented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Augmenting}.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an
      increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. [?], [?],
      E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.]
      1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to
            swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by
            re[89]forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience
            augments an evil.
  
                     But their spite still serves His glory to augment.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.
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