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ng; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones.

Attainder; attainture; conviction.

A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

Attemperament.

Intent. [Obs.] Spenser.

An attendant circumstance. [Obs.] The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

Attire; adornment.

to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. Milton.

Capable of augmentation. Walsh.

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

Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.

One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

See Orpiment. [Obs.]

Profit; advantage. [Obs.]

The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. [R.] Milton.

verring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion. Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. I. Taylor.

Advertisement. [Obs.]

Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]

The act of avouching; positive declaration. [Obs.] Milton.