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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree;
- Example: "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"

2. intensifying by augmentation and enhancement;
[syn: augmentative, enhancive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, n. (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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

augmentative adj 1: increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'" 2: intensifying by augmentation and enhancement [syn: augmentative, enhancive]