centesimate

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verb

To select one person in every hundred for a punishment.

OriginLatin centēsimātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person centesimates · participle present centesimating · participle past centesimated · past centesimated

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

Origin

  1. Latincentēsimō
  2. Latincentēsimātus
  3. Englishcentesimate

First attested in 1753; borrowed from Latin centēsimātus, perfect passive participle of the Latin centēsimō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from centēsimus (“hundredth”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); compare tertiate, quintate, sextate, septimate, decimate, and duodecimate.

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APA

centesimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centesimate

MLA

“centesimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centesimate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centesimate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centesimate.

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