majorate

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

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪdʒəɹeɪt/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪdʒəɹət/

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

1. (obsolete) To augment; to increase.
   • 1660, James Howell, Parley of Beasts:

     The Embryo […] proceeds to majoration and augmentation accordingly. And it is […] an absurdity to think, that the Infant after conception should be majorated by the influence of any other Soul then that from whom he received his formation.

majorate (plural majorates)

1. (military) The office or rank of a major.

   Synonym: majorship

• “majorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.