majorate

English

Etymology

From Latin majorare (“to augment”), derived from Latin māior, māiōrem. See major (adjective).

Verb

majorate (third-person singular simple present majorates, present participle majorating, simple past and past participle majorated)

  1. (obsolete) To augment; to increase.
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Noun

majorate (plural majorates)

  1. The office or rank of a major.
    Synonym: majorship

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for majorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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