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Augmentation court

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.