Definitions
1.nounThe act or process of augmenting.
2.nounA particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
3.nounA surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
4.nounThe stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
5.nounA compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
6.nounAn increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.