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augment

/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/noun

In certain Indo-European languages, a prefix (e- in Greek, a- in Sanskrit) attached to a verb to mark a past tense.

Example sentence

  • In Ancient Greek, the augment appears at the start of many past-tense verb forms.

In everyday English this is a verb meaning to increase or add to: augment your income. "Augmented reality" has made it a tech staple.

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