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Augmentation \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.
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2. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
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3. The thing added by way of enlargement.
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4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a
mark of honor. --Cussans.
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5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on
increasing. --Dunglison.
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6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the
subject in tones of twice the original length.
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{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.
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Syn: Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession;
addition.
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