The possibility of augmenting the language was a vital issue in the reign of Elizabeth, but it had a peculiar significance where translation was concerned.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
Denville stood up, holding tightly by Claire's arm, and looking wildly from one to the other as a strange murmur rose amongst the fast-augmenting crowd.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
Thus it was that Napoleon, to some extent before Trafalgar, but afterward with set and exclusive purpose, used the French Navy, which he was continually augmenting, and yet never, to the end of his reign, permitted again to undertake any serious expedition.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan