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Augment

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. augere, to increase), in Sanskrit and Greek grammar the vowel prefixed to indicate the past tenses of a verb; in Greek grammar it is called syllabic, when only the E is prefixed; temporal, when it causes an initial vowel in the verb to become a diphthong or long vowel.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Augment'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/augment.html. 1910.
 
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