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.
