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Definition of: augmentative
(ôg·men′tə·tiv) adjective
1. Having the quality or power of augmenting.
2. Gram. Denoting greater size or intensity, as the suffix -agne in French montagne a mountain (from mont a hill).
—noun Gram. An augmentative form. Also aug·men′tive. Abbr. aug.
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