augmentation

noun7

1. •
   The act or process of augmenting.
2. •
   An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
3. •
   A 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.
4. •
   A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
5. •
   A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
6. •
   An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
7. •
   The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.