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Added 10 October 2026

tertiate

/ˈtɜːʃɪeɪt/ verb

Latin root: tertiāt Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tertiate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).
To increase by half as much again; especially to increase the price in this way.
To do or perform three times or for the third time.

noun

The third year of training in various Christian religious orders (especially the Jesuits).
One who is in their tertiate training.
The third classification of animals in some ranked taxonomic systems, such as that proposed by Linnaeus.

adjective

Having 2:3 proportion.
Having three parts.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin tertiāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of Latin tertiō, from tertius (“third”). By surface analysis, terti- + -ate.

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