Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MINORATE
v.t.To diminish. [Not used. ]
MINORATION
n.A lessening; diminution.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MINORAT
Mi `no *rat ", n. [G. Cf. Minor, a.] (Law )
Defn: A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir.
MINORATE
Mi "nor *ate, v. t. Etym: [L. minoratus; p. p. of minorare to diminish, fr. minor, a. See 1st Minor. ]
Defn: To diminish. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
MINORATION
Mi `nor *a "tion, n. Etym: [L. minoratio: cf. F. minoration. ]
Defn: A diminution. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Duden Dictionary
Minorat
Mi no rat Substantiv, Neutrum Rechtssprache , das |Minor a t |das Minorat; Genitiv: des Minorat [e ]s, Plural: die Minorate zu lateinisch minor, minus 1 Vorrecht des Jüngsten auf das Erbgut 2 nach dem Minorat 1 zu vererbendes Gut
Spanish Dictionary
minorativo, -va
minorativo, -va adjetivo Que minora .