augmenter

or aug·men·tor

[ awg-men-ter ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that augments.

  2. Aviation, Rocketry. any auxiliary device, as an afterburner, for additional thrust from the exhaust of a jet or rocket engine.

Origin of augmenter

1
First recorded in 1525–35; augment + -er1, -or2

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