augmentations
plural of augmentation
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
