Aug-mĕnt'a-tĭve1, a.
a. [Fr. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting.
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a. [Fr. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting.
n. (Gram.) A word which augments the properties of the term from which it is derived;—opposed to diminutive; as, dullard, one very dull. Gibbs.