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What does augment mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word augment? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  3. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  4. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  5. (grammar) To add an augment to.
Noun
  1. (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
  2. (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
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