(law, historical) A custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir.

To diminish.

(obsolete) Reduction; lessening. / (mathematics) Minorization.

That diminishes or attenuates / (obsolete, of a medicine) Gently laxative.

(obsolete) A gently laxative medicine.

Obsolete spelling of minorative

plural of minorative

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of minorate

simple past tense and past participle of minorate

present participle of minorate