minorate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To diminish. archaic
    — 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
  2. 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:[…]

词形变化

minorates present,singular,third-person minorating participle,present minorated participle,past minorated past

词汇关系

衍生词
minorative
相关词
minoration

词源

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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