augment

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verb

1. enlarge or increase (Freq. 8)
- The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East
• Derivationally related forms:
augmentative, augmentation
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. grow or intensify (Freq. 1)
- The pressure augmented
• Derivationally related forms:
augmentative, augmentation
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s