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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.


Etymology

Origin of augmenter

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


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Men have placed Agni on the altar as the augmenter of strength.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

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