(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:01:05

Ma"jor*ate (?), n.

The office or rank of a major.

 

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Ma"jor*ate (?), v. t. [LL. majorare to augment. See Major, a.]

To augment; to increase.

[Obs.]

Howell.

 

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