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  • ...the careful division of scraps of food, augmented by what he could find in the fields.  (source)
  • The lyrics for each section were preceded by a paragraph of prose that augmented the narrative laid out in the lyrics.  (source)
    augmented = enhanced
  • My idea of a historian was not human; it was of someone like my father, more prophet than man, whose visions of the past, like those of the future, could not be questioned, or even augmented.  (source)
    augmented = enlarged or enhanced
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  • They augmented their diet with fish caught from the river, and Tally roasted a rabbit on a fire she'd built herself.  (source)
    augmented = added to or enhanced
  • The plan was for my squad to augment other units from different divisions on a hard push to Baghdad.  (source)
    augment = add to (enlarge)
  • augmenting the dose  (source)
    augmenting = increasing
  • Apart from the spelling mistakes, the last line—Hope you will enjoy this recipe—was Estha's only augmentation of the original text.†  (source)
    augmentation = enlargement or increase
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • as you may suppose, all this, instead of lessening, only augments his sorrows.  (source)
    augments = increases
  • She had not congratulated this young lady on her augmentations and begged to be excused from doing so.†  (source)
    augmentations = enlargements or increases
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • It has been lucrative work, augmented by a group that for years has been in constant need of his services:  (source)
    augmented = enlarged or increased
  • He had brought along a sack of chilies, and he dumped them liberally into his beans, feeling free to augment the dish with pieces of whatever varmints strayed into his path—rattlesnakes mostly, with an occasional armadillo.  (source)
    augment = enlarge or increase
  • The procession moved on, and still on, through ever augmenting splendours ... of welcome;  (source)
    augmenting = increased
  • I wasn't sure what the friction of decelerating would do to my armor, or to me; I had some skeletal and muscular augmentation, but whether it would be sufficient for this, I had no idea.†  (source)
    augmentation = enlargement or increase
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