Jun 9, 2015 · 11 Which is the preferred preposition to use after the word "augmented", as in the sentence "A is augmented with/by B"? Does this depend on context? For concreteness, I am …

Dec 7, 2015 · Definition of augment by Dictionary.com: to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase Definition of increase by Dictionary.com: to make greater, as in number, …

Dec 2, 2013 · Another phrase is "belle of the ball." "Social butterfly" might have a slightly negative connotation in certain contexts. "Belle of the ball" literally means the "the beautiful one at the dance" …

I tend to use the rule that colons should only be before a list, or as an augmented period to indicate that the second part defines or gives an example of the first.

Oct 19, 2025 · The hall filled up when the band arrived. and It was pouring. It was pouring down. But in the first augmented sentence, the particle 'completive up ' is stressed, while, as pointed out, the …

Sep 14, 2025 · Merriam-Webster [augmented, especially with further examples, below] asserts that there are six, not just two, senses that should be distinguished. The ones showing deontic modality …

Feb 2, 2019 · Here, as well as elsewhere, the happiest results will follow, when we shall have so augmented the amount as well as in creased the number of our premiums, that we shall stimulate by …

Jan 23, 2021 · The earliest instance unearthed by Gary Martin (Phrasefinder) is in a rhyme found in Augmented with Ingenious Conceites for the Wittie and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholic, …

Jan 22, 2018 · Perhaps this can be augmented with also the definition of the suffix -ty and how both of them distinguish "sovereignty" and "sovereignity", if indeed as you say both forms exist in English?

Apr 17, 2020 · Try @Abhigyan Chattopadhyay's answer as now augmented. << 'I am in lockdown because of the present coronavirus pandemic, and consequently, I need my daughter to do a weekly …