Aught (3)
Aught (a̤t), adv. At all; in any degree. Chaucer.
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Augite
Au″gite (a̤″jīt), n. [L. augites, Gr. αυγἴτησ, fr. αυγἤ brightness: cf. F. augite.] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, su...
Augitic
Au‐git″ic (a̤‐jĭt″ĭk), a. Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks.
Augment
Aug‐ment″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Augmented; p. pr. & vb. n.Augmenting.] [L. augmentare, fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. �, �, E. wax, v., a...
Augment (2)
Aug‐ment″, v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
Augment (3)
Aug″ment (�), n. [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase.2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as i...
Augmentable
Aug‐ment″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of augmentation. Walsh.
Augmentation
Aug′men‐ta″tion (�), n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.] 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.2. The state...
Augmentative
Aug‐ment″a‐tive (�), a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. — Aug‐ment″a‐tive‐ly, adv.
Augmentative (2)
Aug‐ment″a‐tive, n.(Gram.) 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 di...
Augmenter
Aug‐ment″er (�), n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
Augrim
Au″grim (�), n. See Algorism. Chaucer.Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. — Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer.
Augur
Au″gur (�), n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable, gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus gar...
Augur (2)
Au″gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Augured (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Auguring.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.My auguring mind assures the same success.D...
Augur (3)
Au″gur, v. t. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.It seems to augur genius.Sir W. Scott.I augur everything from the approbation the ...
Augural
Au″gu‐ral (�), a. [L. auguralis.] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. “Portents augural.” Cowper.
Augurate
Au″gu‐rate (�), v. t. & i. [L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur.] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. C. Middleton.
Augurate (2)
Au″gu‐rate (�), n. The office of an augur. Merivale.
Auguration
Au′gu‐ra″tion (�), n. [L. auguratio.] The practice of augury.
Augurer
Au″gur‐er (�), n. An augur. Shak.
Augurial
Au‐gu″ri‐al (�), a. [L. augurialis.] Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne.
Augurist
Au″gu‐rist (�), n. An augur.
Augurize
Au″gur‐ize (�), v. t. To augur. Blount.
Augurous
Au″gu‐rous (�), a. Full of augury; foreboding. “Augurous hearts.” Chapman.
Augurship
Au″gur‐ship (�), n. The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.
Augury
Au″gu‐ry (�), n.; pl.Auguries (�). [L. aucurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.2. An omen; prediction; progno...
August
Au‐gust″ (�), a. [L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See Augment.] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiratio...