minorate
Meanings
verb
- To diminish.
- To replace a term by its lower bound.
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Etymology
First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from minor (“lesser”).
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