\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.