Definitions from Wiktionary (tertiate)

▸ verb:  To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To increase by half as much again; especially to increase the price in this way.
▸ verb:  (rare, obsolete) To do or perform three times or for the third time.
▸ verb:  To divide into three parts, especially to divide into thirds.
▸ verb:  (firearms) 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.
▸ noun:  The third year of training in various Christian religious orders (especially the Jesuits).
▸ noun:  One who is in their tertiate training.
▸ noun:  The third classification of animals in some ranked taxonomic systems, such as that proposed by Linnaeus.
▸ adjective:  Having 2:3 proportion.
▸ adjective:  Having three parts.




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