verb · intransitive

minorate

minorate · minorates · minorated · minorating

To replace a term by its lower boundTo replace a term by its lower bound.

Meaning

2 senses

To replace a term by its lower bound.
(archaic)To diminish.

Origin

First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminis

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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Forms

minorates, minorating, minorated, minorated

Base form	minorate · to minorate
3rd person singular	minorates
Present participle	minorating
Past simple	minorated
Past participle	minorated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	minorate
he, she, it	minorates

Past simpleLesson

all persons

minorated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have minorated
he, she, it	has minorated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will minorate

Word family

2 related words

Relatedminoration

Derivedminorative

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle