1. (n.) The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

2. (n.) The state of being augmented; enlargement.

3. (n.) The thing added by way of enlargement.

4. (n.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.

5. (n.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.

6. (n.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.

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