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minorate, v.|ˈmaɪnəreɪt|
[f. med.L. minōrāt-, ppl. stem of minōrāre to diminish, f. L. minōr-em less: see minor.]
trans. To diminish, depreciate.
1534Act 26 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §11 This present acte..shall not extende..to..or minorate any liberties..or auctoritie of any lorde marcher. 1623[see minimate v.]. 1628A. Leighton in Camden Misc. VII. p. vi, Magnanimious Henry whom we do not name to minorate the parts of our present Soveraigne. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §10 Forget not how assuefaction unto anything minorates the passion from it. 1727Bailey vol. II, Minorated, diminished, or made less. 1789J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 212 Their design is by quantity to depreciate the value of their bills; and lands mortgaged for public bills will be redeemed in these minorated bills. 1922Joyce Ulysses 387 Assuefaction minorates atrocities (as Tully saith of his darling Stoics). |