Further, we find that when an eliminative medicine is diverted from the gland by which it usually passes out, it no longer augments the secretion of that gland.
We shall soon perceive that the produce of grain augments sensibly, from high latitudes towards the equator, with the mean temperature of the climate, in comparing spots of different elevations.
The number of phosphorescent insects augmentsin the stormy season.
The force of this current augments as we approach the new continent; it is modified by the configuration of the coasts of Brazil and Guiana, and not by the waters of the Orinoco and the Amazon, as some have supposed.
The periodical nature of the phenomenon augments the interest it excites.
In her chaste current oft the goddess laves, And with celestial tears augments the waves.
The cheapness of an amusement augments the pleasure derived from it.
The post-pituitary in a womanaugments her natural trend, ante-pituitary tending to counteract it.
It is not conclusively shown even of it that it augments in the same degree all of the voice waves which reach it, or even that it augments some of them at all.
And I of that, By reason of a late could I have gott, Am at this instant guilty; which this rushinge From a warme bedd in these wild frosty nights Rather augments then helpes; but all necessityes Must bee obeyde.
Rule still, deare brothers: take these to the fire, Let me reade somewhat that augments desire, Authors and golden Poems full of love; Such the Petitions are that I approve.
Thus, in forming an alliance with a political power, religion augments its authority over a few, and forfeits the hope of reigning over all.
Thus the jurisdiction of the tribunals of the Union extends and narrows its limits exactly in the same ratio as the sovereignty of the Union augments or decreases.
But this proportion is perpetually changing, as it constantly decreases in the north and augments in the south.
If it does not throw the nation into anarchy, it perpetually augments the chances of that calamity.
It has been supposed to be observed that the inordinate taste for eating earth augments among the African slaves, and becomes more pernicious when they are restricted to a regimen purely vegetable and deprived of spirituous liquors.
Excess of thirst then augments their sagacity, sharpening as it were their senses and their instinct.
Its banks are surrounded by mountains, and the number of its tributary streams on the south augments considerably, yet the Cordillera on the north remains the most elevated.
Great humidity is favourable to the tree only when it augments progressively, and is for a long time uninterrupted.
The current from the north-pole is then re-established, because the difference between the heat of the equinoctial and temperate regions augments daily.
The aridity of the land augments as the traveller approaches the town, after passing the western extremity of the lake.
The heat augments sensibly in the Llanos during the rainy season, particularly in the month of July, when the sky is cloudy, and reflects the radiant heat toward the earth.
This air augments its capacity for heat in proportion as it rarefies.
The population, which augments perceptibly as you advance toward the capital, comprises but few Indians, and is composed chiefly of whites, negroes, and men of mixed descent.
It is rather the formation of these vapours that augments and modifies the electrical tension.
He succeeds in all styles, he renders all expressions, he seizes all characters, and he alsoaugments their effect by contrast.
They contend that the superficial drainage is more regular from cleared than from wooded ground, and that clearing diminishes rather than augments the intensity of inundations.
The surface which trees and leaves present augments the general superficies of the earth exposed to the absorption of heat, and increases the radiating and reflecting area in the same proportion.
We see how Exchange in this way augments our Satisfactions.
You are called upon for restitution; and what augments your terror is, that your advocates, in conducting your defence, feel themselves too often obliged to avow that the usurpation is flagrant, but that it is necessary.
It is entitled, "On the Nature of the Principle which combines with the Metals during their Calcination, and which augments their Weight.
His capital employs, too, the sailors and carriers who transport his goods from one place to another; and it augments the price of those goods by the value, not only of his profits, but of their wages.
A public mourning raises the price of black cloth (with which the market is almost always understocked upon such occasions), and augments the profits of the merchants who possess any considerable quantity of it.
In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value.
It augments the value of these materials by their wages, and by their masters' profits upon the whole stock of wages, materials, and instruments of trade employed in the business.
The increase of paper money, it has been said, by augmenting the quantity, and consequently diminishing the value, of the whole currency, necessarily augments the money price of commodities.
Over and above what is destined for their own subsistence, their industry annually affords a neat produce, of which the augmentation necessarily augments the revenue and wealth of their society.
The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit, and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants.
It constantly brings back the members of the community to a common level, from which they as constantly escape: and the inequality of fortunes augments in proportion as knowledge is diffused and liberty increased.
The consciousness of having reflected seriously and conclusively on important questions, whether social or spiritual, augments dignity while it does not lessen humility.
Diachylon with the Gums is more active and efficacious; but it so greatly augments the Pain of some Persons afflicted with Boils, that they cannot bear it.
The Fever augments every Day, and frequently at unexpected irregular Periods.
But the population of Russia, which increases more rapidly than that of any other European country, only augments in ten years at the rate of 9.
But this proportion is perpetually changing, as it constantly decreases in the North and augments in the South.
The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants.
A public mourning raises the price of black cloth ( with which the market is almost always understocked upon such occasions), and augments the profits of the merchants who possess any considerable quantity of it.
It augments the value of those materials by their wages, and by their masters' profits upon the whole stock of wages, materials, and instruments of trade employed in the business.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "augments" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
