AUGMENTATIONS

Noun

augmentations

plural of augmentation

Source: Wiktionary


AUGMENTATION

Aug`men*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.

5. (Med.)

Definition: The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.

6. (Mus.)

Definition: 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 to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.

Syn.

– Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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