augmenter

American  

[awg-men-ter] / ɔgˈmɛn tər /

Or augmentor

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.

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Etymology

Origin of augmenter

First recorded in 1525–35; augment + -er ¹, -or ²

Example Sentences

Les jours fériés perturbent le suivi ces derniers jours, mais les indicateurs hospitaliers continuent d'augmenter modérément.

From The Guardian

Air Force maintenance crews disassembled the Augmenter Fuel Filter Housing on each B-1 Lancer during the standdown and performed a series of detailed inspections.

From Washington Times

Il ne faut faire aucune attention aux inscriptions qui attribuent un des deux colosses � Phidias et l'autre � Praxit�le, Praxit�le dont le style n'a rien � faire ici; son nom a �t� inscrit sur la base de l'une des deux statues, comme Ph�dre le reprochait d�j� � des faussaires du temps d'Auguste, qui croyaient augmenter le m�rite d'un nouvel ouvrage en y mettant le nom de Praxit�le.

From Project Gutenberg

Notwithstanding his being one of the most deadly foes that the Christians ever encountered, their historians did justice to the illustrious Noor-ed-deen, and the learned William, Archbishop of Tyre, says of him, "He was a prudent, moderate man, who feared God according to the faith of his people, fortunate, and an augmenter of his paternal inheritance."

From Project Gutenberg

He also wrote a Recepte véritable par laquelle tous les hommes de la France pourront apprendre à multiplier et à augmenter leurs Trésors, and, some ten years before his death, a Discours admirable de la Nature des Eaux et Fontaines.

From Project Gutenberg