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   Augmentation , n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.]
   The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
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   The state of being augmented; enlargement.
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   The thing added by way of enlargement.
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   (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
   Cussans.
   
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   (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
   Dunglison.
   
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   (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
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   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.
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   Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
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