adj
Meaning 1
Having 2:3 proportion.
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tertiate
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Received-Pronunciation: tûrʹshĭāt
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːʃɪeɪt/
adj
Meaning 2
Having three parts.
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noun
Meaning 3
The third year of training in various Christian religious orders (especially the Jesuits).
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noun
Meaning 4
One who is in their tertiate training.
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noun
Meaning 5
The third classification of animals in some ranked taxonomic systems, such as that proposed by Linnaeus.
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verb
Meaning 6
To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).
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verb
Meaning 7
To increase by half as much again; especially to increase the price in this way.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To do or perform three times or for the third time.
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Usage: obsolete, rare
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verb
Meaning 9
To divide into three parts, especially to divide into thirds.
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verb
Meaning 10
To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
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Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tertiāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of Latin tertiō, from tertius (“third”). By surface analysis, terti- + -ate.