minorate
minorate verb: to diminish.
Verb
minorate (third-person singular simple present minorates, present participle minorating, simple past and past participle minorated)
- To diminish.
- this present Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend nor take place to abridge, deprive or minorate any Liberties, Privilege or Authority of any Lords Marchers1534, The Bill concerning Councils in WALES.
- Forget not how assuefaction unto any thing minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects loose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.1716, Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals
- To replace a term by its lower bound.
- Analogously, we can minorate, replacing sin x with −1, then, by applying the first method it follows that:[…]2015, Constantin Dumitrescu, Florentin Smarandache, Methods of Solving Calculus Problems, page 87
Forms of minorate
| third-person singular present | minorates |
|---|---|
| present participle | minorating |
| past participle | minorated |
| past | minorated |
Origin of minorate
First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from minor (“lesser”).
Words formed from minorate
Questions about minorate
- What does minorate mean?
- Minorate means to diminish.
- What part of speech is minorate?
- Minorate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of minorate?
- The past tense of minorate is minorated.
Words near minorate in the dictionary
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