English to English
adjective
- Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'.
source: WordNet 3.0
- intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
source: WordNet 3.0
