augmentative

from 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}]

from 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]

from 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]

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