Augment

And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.

Peasants often have a secondary activity to augment their income.

“O Allah, You created me when I was not worthy of mention; And You provided for me when I had nothing; And I wronged my soul and sinned, and I confess my guilt. If You forgive me, that will in no way diminish Your sovereignty; And if You punish me, that will in no way augment Your authority. You can find others to punish besides me, But I can find no one to forgive me but You. Truly, You are the most merciful of those who show mercy.”

It is astonishing to what lengths they will go to augment their already enormous amounts of wealth.

Prem Buth repairs bikes and motorbikes from his house to augment his income from farming.

Jugurtha sought to augment his power.

The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.

Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.