augment

/ȯg-ˈment/

Middle English, from Anglo-French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare, from Latin augmentum increase, from augēre to increase

verb

  1. to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

  2. supplement

  3. to add an augment to (a verb form)

The impact of the report was augmented by its timing.

increase enlarge augment multiply mean to make or become greater. increase used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensity ; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition.

noun

  1. a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs