Word of the Day: AUGMENT

Increase, enlarge, or improve

augment (verb) - to make larger, greater, or stronger; to build on what already exists [awg-ment]

BREAKDOWN: AUG- (to increase) + -MENT (act or state)

• augmentation is the process or product of making something greater through addition

• augmentative means of or pertaining to increase

• an augmentative is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, e.g. megastore, archrival

See also: augur

“Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.” —Socrates