augment
verb (used with object)
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase.
was augmenting
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past progressiveof augment.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Its theocratic dictator, Ayatollah Khomeini, was augmenting his powers by claiming to speak for the Muslim world, as well as taking aim at novelists.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
My final frightened upward glance told me that the nauseous cataclysm was augmenting rather than lessening.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
However, this was but little advantage to him, since he must necessarily leave a broad trail, and the army was augmenting its columns day by day with celebrated scouts, both white and Indian.
From Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles Alexander Eastman
He was confident that Natalie was augmenting Graham's allowance from her own.
From Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
They represented most energetically Gen. Lyon's predicament, without money, clothing or rations, and with a force even more rapidly diminishing than that of the enemy was augmenting.
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
