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Minorate

Minorate \Mi"nor*ate\, v. t. [L. minoratus; p. p. of minorare to diminish, fr. minor, a. See 1st Minor.] To diminish. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.

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minorate

vb. To diminish.

Usage examples of "minorate".

Forget not how assuefaction unto anything minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects lose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.