`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It is only positive feedback that is augmentative and can go out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution as Feedback? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
These are both used in an augmentative sense, and their use seems to be confined to the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
This is also the same thing with the augmentative communication device. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Such as person class, animal class, instrument class, augmentative class. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5. Form in Language: Grammatical Concepts] Reference
So here the - ón is used in a diminutive rather than an augmentative sense. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 3] Reference
Pepperoni - plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe, pepper, from Latin Piper. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
He is also an advocate for those needing augmentative and alternative communication. From Wordnik.com. [www.appeal-democrat.com - News :] Reference
The role of natural language processing in alternative and augmentative communication. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
It mite be "Jankela", which is a derivative (augmentative) of Janko, meaning approximately. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
(a contumelious augmentative, expressing the evil repute in which he was held). From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Cesare Borgia]
In this joyously augmentative city, that's rare. From Wordnik.com. [Riddle On Grand Trunk Road: Where To Begin?] Reference
It is thus in contrast to the augmentative suffix. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
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