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Webster 1913 Edition


Augmentative

Aug-ment′a-tive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
augmentatif
.]
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
Aug-ment′a-tive-ly
,
adv.

Aug-ment′a-tive

,
Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Augmentative

AUGMENT'ATIVE

,
Adj.
Having the quality or power of augmenting.

Definition 2024


augmentative

augmentative

English

Adjective

augmentative (not comparable)

  1. Growing, enlarging, increasing.

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Noun

augmentative (plural augmentatives)

  1. (grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

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French

Adjective

augmentative

  1. feminine singular of augmentatif