"majorate" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-majorate2.wav Forms: majorates [plural]
Etymology: From major (noun) + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Etymology templates: {{af|en|major|-ate|id2=rank or office|pos1=noun|pos2=forms nouns denoting rank or office}} major (noun) + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office) Head templates: {{en-noun}} majorate (plural majorates)
  1. (military) The office or rank of a major. Categories (topical): Military, Offices Synonyms: majorship
    Sense id: en-majorate-en-noun-RsRYiwQK Disambiguation of Offices: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-majorate.wav Forms: majorates [present, singular, third-person], majorating [participle, present], majorated [participle, past], majorated [past]
Etymology: From Latin māiōrō (“to augment”), derived from Latin māior. By surface analysis, major + -ate (verb-forming suffix). See major (adjective). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|māiōrō||to augment}} Latin māiōrō (“to augment”), {{uder|en|la|māior}} Latin māior, {{surf|en|major|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} By surface analysis, major + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} majorate (third-person singular simple present majorates, present participle majorating, simple past and past participle majorated)
  1. (obsolete) To augment; to increase. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-majorate-en-verb-O5-Qs-e3 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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