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Augmentative Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Augmentative has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

Adjective
1

increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree

"`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"

2

intensifying by augmentation and enhancement

3

Growing, enlarging, increasing.

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