centesimate

English

Etymology

From centēsimāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare tertiate, quintate, sextate, septimate, decimate, and duodecimate.

Verb

centesimate (third-person singular simple present centesimates, present participle centesimating, simple past and past participle centesimated)

  1. To select one person in every hundred for a punishment

Coordinate terms

Latin

Verb

centēsimāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of centēsimō
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