Defn: The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
Dunglison.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: 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.
AUGMENTATIVE
Aug*ment"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. augmentatif.]
Defn: Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing
augmentation.
— Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
AUGMENTATIVE
Aug*ment"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.
AUGMENTER
Aug*ment"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.