augmentenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Middle French augmenter (uncommon aumenter), from Late Latin augmentāre, from augmentum (“growth”); by surface analysis, augment (“increase”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). First attested in c. 1400.

発音

• IPA: /au̯(ɡ)ˈmɛntən/, /ˈau̯(ɡ)mɛntən/

動詞

augmenten (third-person singular simple present augmenteth, present participle augmentende, augmentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle augmented) (Late Middle English)

1. (transitive) To add to; to cause to increase in number.
2. (transitive) To intensify; to cause to increase in magnitude.
3. (transitive) To enhance or strengthen; to cause to increase in strength.
   • c. 1471, Joh[annes] fforteſcue, “Heꝛe aft͛ ys schewyd what haꝛme would come to Englond yf the cȏmons theꝛof weꝛe pooꝛe”, in [Governance of England] (Bodleian MS. Digby 145)‎, Adrıan[us] ffoꝛteſcu, published 1532, folio [149, recto]; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 16 August 2022:

     And alſo ıt wer also gretely ayenſte hıs conſyence that awght to defend them ⁊ theır goodꝰ. ıf he toke from them theır goodꝰ wout lawfull cauſe / ffrom the infamye wherof. god defend owre kyng. and gyue hym gcͣe to augment hıs realme ın ryċeſſe welth ⁊ ꝕſperyte to hıs ꝑpetual laude ⁊ honour /

     And it would also be greatly against his conscience, which should defend them and their possessions, if he took their possessions from them without legal justification. / God defend our king from the infamy of this, and provide him with grace to improve his realm with riches, wealth, and prosperity to his perpetual credit and honour.

4. (intransitive, uncommon) To become more intense, numerous, or strong.

Conjugation

関連する語

• augment
• augmentacioun

派生した語

• English: augment
  • → Middle Scots: augment, agment
    • Scots: augment

参照

• “augmenten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “augment, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.