Thesaurus: augmentation

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1. n. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
2. n. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
3. n. The thing added by way of enlargement.
4. n. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
5. n. The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
6. n. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
7. n. the amount by which something becomes greater
8. n. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
9. n. the act of augmenting
10. 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 to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit. Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
11. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark ofhonor. Cussans.
12. n:100 n. the amount by which something increases n. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) n. the act of augmenting