augment vs lower

To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. 

To increase; to make larger or supplement. 

To grow; to increase; to become greater. 

To add an augment to. 

To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone). 

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

To bring down; to humble 

(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

To reduce the height of 

To depress as to direction 

to pull down 

To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

To make less elevated 

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease