"augment" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /au̯ɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈau̯ɡmɛnt/ Forms: agment [alternative], augement [alternative], awgment [alternative, East-Anglia]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin augmentum, from augere (“to increase”). First attested in c. 1425. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|la|augmentum}} Borrowed from Latin augmentum, {{etydate|c|1425}} First attested in c. 1425 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} augment, {{enm-noun|-}} augment (uncountable)
  1. An intensification or strengthening. Tags: Late-Middle-English, uncommon, uncountable
    Sense id: en-augment-enm-noun-zCaAVtWc Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 58 42 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 25 25
  2. (pathology) The stage of a disease where it increases in severity. Tags: Late-Middle-English, uncommon, uncountable Synonyms: augmentacioun
    Sense id: en-augment-enm-noun-wGe3Pa9N Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} augment
  1. alternative form of augmenten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: augmenten
    Sense id: en-augment-enm-verb-AwkCJs7Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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