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AUGMENT (Lat. augere, to increase), in Sanskrit and Greek grammar the vowel prefixed to indicate the past tenses of a verb; in Greek grammar it is called syllabic, when only the e is prefixed; temporal, when it causes an initial vowel in the verb to become a d ...

AUGMENTATION, or enlargement, a term in heraldry for an addition to a coat of arms; in music, for the imitation in longer notes of an original theme; in biology, an addition to the normal number of parts; in Scots law, an increase of a minister's stipend by an ...

ARGUMENT, a word meaning " proof," " evidence," corresponding in English to the Latin word argumentum, from which it is derived; the originating Latin verb arguere, to make clear, from which comes the English " argue," is from a root meaning bright, appearing

... xpressly stated by Julius Rufinianus, who brought out a supplementary treatise, augmented by material from other sources. Aquila 's style is harsh and careless, and the Latin is inferior. Halm, Rketorts Latini minorcs (1863) ; Wensch, De Aquila Romano (1861).

... ously enhanced. Between 1774 and 1780 he built scores of specula of continually augmented size, up to a diameter of 4 ft., the optical excellence of which approved itself riSV by a crowd of discoveries. Uranus (9.*.) was recognised by its disk on the i.jth of ...

... ferric iron as (Mg, Fe") (Al, Fe")i SiO,; the acmite (NaFe"SiA) Fie. i. FIG. 2. AUGMENT— AUGSBURG and jadeite (NaAlSijO«) molecules are also sometimes present. Variations in the amount of iron in mixtures of these isomorphous molecules are accompanied by varia ...

... of fortifications. From this time to the conclusion of the Crimean War various augmentations took place, consequent on the increasing and widely extending duties thrown upon the officers. These, in addition to ordinary military duties, comprised the construct ...

... first edition of it was published at Paris in 1615, and a second, corrected and augmented, in 1623. Pierre Forcadel de Bezies had published at Pans in 1564 a translation of the first six books of the Elements, and in 1565 of the seventh, eighth and ninth books ...

... ctricity of the ball. A second rotation will, of course, produce a proportion.! augmentation of these increased quantities; and a continuance o FIG. 3. — Nicholson's Revolving Doubter. urning will soon bring the intensities to their maximum, which is iimt«lbya ...

... I batteries. The events of 1885, however, on the Russo- Afghan frontier, led to augmentations. The 1 1 batteries Royal Artillery were brought back from England; each of the 9 British cavalry regiments in India received a fourth squadron; each of the British in ...

... of the parts. An increase in the size of the iron disk attached to the membrane augmented both the loudness and the distinctness of the sounds, and this finally led to the adopt:on of a thin iron disk supported round its edge, acting as both membrane and armat ...

... dence, thanks to their poverty and their inaccessible site. This population was augmented from time to time by refugees from the mainland cities of Aquileia, -Concordia, Opitergium Altinum and Patavium. But these did not mingle readily with the indigenous popu ...