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.
Aug*ment"a*tive (&?;), a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
Aug*ment"a*tive, n. (Gram.) 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.
Aug*ment"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
Au"grim (&?;), n. See Algorism. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. -- Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer.
Au"gur (&?;), n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable, gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus garrulous.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.