augment: Meaning and Definition of

aug•ment

1. to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
2. In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
1. to raise (the upper note of an interval or chord) by a half step.
2. to double the note values of (a theme):In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
3. to add an augment to.
4. to grant an augmentation to (a coat of arms).

1. to become larger.

1. a prefixed vowel or a lengthening of the initial vowel that characterizes certain forms in the nonpresent inflection of verbs in Greek, Sanskrit, Armenian, and Phrygian.