/
ɔːgˈmɛnt/
v.
- make greater by addition; increase.
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[as adj. augmented]
Music denoting an interval which is one semitone greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. augmenter (v.), augment (n.), or late L. augmentare, from L. augere ‘to increase’.