majorate
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin māiōrō (“to augment”), derived from Latin māior. By surface analysis, major + -ate (verb-forming suffix). See major (adjective).
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editmajorate (third-person singular simple present majorates, present participle majorating, simple past and past participle majorated)
- (obsolete) To augment; to increase.
- 1660, James Howell, Parley of Beasts:
- The Embryo […] proceeds to majoration and augmentation accordingly. And it is […] an absurdity to think, that the Infant after conception should be majorated by the influence of any other Soul then that from whom he received his formation.
Etymology 2
editFrom major (noun) + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editmajorate (plural majorates)
References
edit- “majorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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