[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Making greater, magnifying; increasing.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iii. 144. He that would exactly discern the shop [= shape] of a Bees mouth, need observing eyes, and good augmenting glasses.
1812. Crabbe, Tales, xvi. Wks. 1834, V. 156. Then came augmenting woes.
