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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: augmentation n 1: the amount by which something increases 2: the act of augmenting
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