資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Majorate \Ma"jor*ate\, n.
   The office or rank of a major.

Majorate \Ma"jor*ate\, v. t. [LL. majorare to augment. See
   {Major}, a.]
   To augment; to increase. [Obs.] --Howell.