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minorate

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

verb minorates · minorating · minorated

archaic 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 Marchers
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:[…]

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@misc{minorate_2026,
  title = {minorate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minorate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}