ppl. a. [f. AUGMENT v. + -ED.]

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  1.  Made greater, increased, intensified.

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1605.  Thynne, in Animadv., Introd. 112. Your augmented Kingdomes.

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1667.  Milton, P. L., VI. 280. Or some more sudden vengeance … Precipitate thee with augmented paine.

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1859.  Mill, Liberty, 180. The augmented price.

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  2.  spec. a. Her. Of coats of arms: Having an additional charge granted as an honorable distinction. b. Mus. Of tonic intervals: Increased from normal dimensions by a semitone. c. Bot. Increased by the addition of other parts.

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1776.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot. (ed. 3), 404. Auctus calyx, augmented, having a Series of distinct Leaves, shorter than its own, that surround its Base.

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1864.  Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xxviii. 434. I add a small group of examples of augmented shields of CAMDEN’s second division—that ‘of merit.’

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1869.  Ouseley, Counterp., ii. 9. The augmented fourth or tritone is an interval peculiarly abhorrent to strict counterpoint.

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