Augmentation

Aug·men·ta·tion

Augmentation

n.
  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. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. (Her.)
  5. The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. (Med.)
  6. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. (Mus.)

Phrases & Compounds
Augmentation court
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.