verb/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/
to increase; to increase, to augment
“L'hypokaliémie augmentant l'alcalose, un véritable cercle vicieux est constitué.” — The hypokalemia augmenting the alkalosis, a veritable vicious circle is formed.
Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).