Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minorate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-no-rate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic

verb

To replace a term by its lower bound.

Example Sentences

"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 Marchers"
"Forget not how assuefaction unto any thing minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects loose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us."
"Assuefaction minorates atrocities (as Tully saith of his darling Stoics) and Hamlet his father showeth the prince no blister of combustion."
"Analogously, we can minorate, replacing sin x with −1, then, by applying the first method it follows that:[…]"

Etymology

First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from minor (“lesser”).

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1534

Word Breakdown

Root: minōrātus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

minorates (present, singular) minorating (participle, present) minorated (participle, past) minorated (past)

Derived Forms

minorative

Frequently Paired Words

minoration

Questions

What does minorate mean?: To diminish.
Where does minorate come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1534.

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