augmenter
(ɔːgˈmɛntə(r))
Also 6 -tour, 6–7 -tor.
[orig. a. F. augmenteur, f. augmenter vb.; in later use f. augment v. + -er1.]
He who or that which augments, makes greater, or adds to; spec. a magnifying glass.
| 1534 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) G g viij b, Augmentours of the common welth. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 189 Amurath..the great avgmentor of their kingdome. 1702 Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1359 The bristles..were when viewed with a large Augmenter all spicated. 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopr. Introd. ¶16 His wife is..the lessener of his pain, and the augmenter of his pleasure. |