01 n. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
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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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A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.(Her.)
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5.
The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.(Med.)
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In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
Augmentation court —
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.