English Explanatory Dictionary

augmentive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

augmentive more augmentive most augmentive augmentives

Etymology

From augment + -ive.

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