Part 776

<blockquote>There failed not <b>aught</b> of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. <i>Josh. xxi. 45</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But go, my son, and see if <b>aught</b> be wanting. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Aught</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aught</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>At all; in any degree.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Augite</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"gite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>augites</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ brightness: cf. F. <ets>augite</ets>.]</ety> <def>A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term <i>pyroxene</i>.</def>

<h1>Augitic</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*git"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; <as>as, <ex>augitic</ex> rocks</as>.</def>

<h1>Augment</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Augmented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Augmenting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>augmentare</ets>, fr. <ets>augmentum</ets> an increase, fr. <ets>augere</ets> to increase; perh. akin to Gr. <?/, <?/, E. <ets>wax</ets>, v., and <ets>eke</ets>, v.: cf. F. <ets>augmenter</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; <as>as, to <ex>augment</ex> an army by re\'89forcements; rain <ex>augments</ex> a stream; impatience <ex>augments</ex> an evil.</as></def>

<blockquote>But their spite still serves His glory to <b>augment</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>To add an augment to.</def>

<h1>Augment</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug*ment"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; <as>as, a stream <ex>augments</ex> by rain</as>.</def>

<h1>Augment</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>augmentum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>augment</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Enlargement by addition; increase.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.</def>

<note>&hand; In Greek, the <i>syllabic augment</i> is a prefixed <?/, forming an intial syllable; the <i>temporal augment</i> is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing <?/ to <?/.</note>

<h1>Augmentable</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug*ment"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of augmentation.</def>

<i>Walsh.</i>

<h1>Augmentation</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug`men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>augmentatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>augmentation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being augmented; enlargement.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The thing added by way of enlargement.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.</def>