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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Augmentative

· Aug·ment·a·tive · IPA /ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/
01 a. Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
  1. 1.
    Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
02 n. 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. Op…
  1. 1.
    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.(Gram.)