augmentive English

Meaning augmentive meaning

What does augmentive mean?

augmentive adjective

— Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.

— Supplementary; additional.

— (linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.

augmentive noun

— (linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.

— Something that augments.