Aug`men*ta"tion (&?;), n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.]
1. The act
or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
2. The state of
being augmented; enlargement.
3.
The thing added by way of enlargement.
4.
(Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.
5.
(Med.) The stage of a disease
in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.
6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.),
a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by
the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago
dissolved. Encyc. Brit.
Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
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