Augment [O:g'ment] - усиливать, повышать, увеличивать

1. Cyrus Harding had nothing but the two steel blades from Top's collar, and yet he was so clever, and his companions aided him with so much intelligence, that three days afterwards the little colony's stock of tools was augmented by a blowing-machine, destined to inject the air into the midst of the ore when it should be subjected to heat--an indispensable condition to the success of the operation. В распоряжении Сайреса Смита было лишь два стальных лезвия, сделанные из ошейника Топа, но у него были такие ловкие руки, товарищи так ловко помогали ему, что через три дня маленькая колония получила еще один инструмент – кузнечные мехи, предназначенные для нагнетания воздуха при прокладывании руды, - условие необходимое для прокладывание дела.
2. For this, it was enough to augment the flow of the little stream which supplied the interior of Granite House with water. Для этого, достаточно было увеличить количество воды в небольшом канале, снабжавшем водой Гранитный Дворец.

• …and Catherine's interest in the deceased Mrs. Tilney augmented with every question, whether answered or not. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
• On her side, the self-respect natural to a young girl, augmented in Mademoiselle de Fontaine by the monstrous vanity founded on her birth and beauty, kept her from meeting the declaration half-way, which her growing passion sometimes urged her to invite. The Ball at Sceaux, by Honore de Balzac
• Wherefore the estimable old ladies who abolished the canteen from the American army may justly boast of having materially augmented the nation's military power. The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce
• The central ridge heaped up by the winds masked from them the very mastheads of the two ships and the growing brightness of the light only augmented the sense of their invincible solitude in the awful serenity of the world. The Rescue, by Joseph Conrad
• This circumstance strengthened his conviction immensely, but also augmented his indignation. Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad
• The generous intrepidity which Wilson had displayed on this occasion augmented the feeling of compassion which attended his fate. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, by Sir Walter Scott
• An incredible coincidence of humours augmented the impression. St. Ives, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The number of workmen now resident in the beacon-house was augmented to twenty-four. Records of a Family of Engineers, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• I will even add, that if we mix it with one-eighth of its own weight of nitrate of potassium, its expansive force is again considerably augmented. From the Earth to the Moon... and... Round the Moon, by Jules Ver