augmenter (1395-96)
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augmenter (1395-96)

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[ FEW: 25,875a augmentare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,238c augmenter; TL: 1,669 augmenter; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  augmenter; TLF:  augmenter; OED:  augment v.; MED:  augmenten v.; DMLBS: 160c augmentare ]
 

v.a.

1to enhance, augment, increase: 
( 1395-96 )  […] de augmenter, amenuser & declarer le dit appell […] quant mester serroit  iii 236
( 1401; MS: s.xv1 )  lesquelles (=good news) je prie a nostre seignur tout puissant q’il […] veulle tous jours mainteigner et augmenter en tant de honneur  284.11
2build.to build up, restore: 
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  symples mesouns et esglises destruitz augmenter et de novel […] reedifier  8.27
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