Also 6 -tour, 6–7 -tor. [orig. a. F. augmenteur, f. augmenter vb.; in later use f. AUGMENT v. + -ER1.] He who or that which augments, makes greater, or adds to; spec. a magnifying glass.
1534. Ld. Berners, Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546), G g viij b. Augmentours of the common welth.
1603. Knolles, Hist. Turks (1638), 189. Amurath … the great avgmentor of their kingdome.
1702. Phil. Trans., XXIII. 1359. The bristles … were when viewed with a large Augmenter all spicated.
1839. J. Rogers, Antipopopr., Introd. ¶ 16. His wife is … the lessener of his pain, and the augmenter of his pleasure.
