Part 777

<i>Cussans.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.</def>

<cs><col>Augmentation court</col> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to <i>augment<i> to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved.</cd>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i> </cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.</syn>

<h1>Augmentative</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug*ment"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>augmentatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Aug*ment"a*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Aug*ment"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; <as>as, <ex>dullard</ex>, one very dull</as>. Opposed to <i>diminutive</i>.</def>

<i>Gibbs.</i>

<h1>Augmenter</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aug*ment"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.</def>

<h1>Augrim</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"grim</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <wf>Algorism</wf>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>Augrim stones</col>, <cd>pebbles formerly used in numeration.</cd> -- <col>Noumbres of Augrim</col>, <cd>Arabic numerals.</cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Augur</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"gur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. <ets>avis</ets> bird, and the last syllable, <ets>gur</ets>, equiv. to the Skr. <ets>gar</ets> to call, akin to L. <ets>garrulus</ets> garrulous.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.</def>

<blockquote><b>Augur</b> of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Au"gur</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Augured</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Auguring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.</def>

<blockquote>My <b>auguring</b> mind assures the same success. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; <as>as, to <ex>augur</ex> well or ill</as>.</def>

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