Tertiate Definition

verb

Reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people).

Wiktionary

(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.

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Origin of Tertiate

  • From tertiāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb tertiō, from tertius (“third”).

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