centesimate
English edit
Etymology edit
From centēsimāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin centēsimō, from centēsimus (“hundredth”); compare tertiate, quintate, sextate, septimate, decimate, and duodecimate.
Verb edit
centesimate (third-person singular simple present centesimates, present participle centesimating, simple past and past participle centesimated)
- To select one person in every hundred for a punishment
Coordinate terms edit
- (reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part): tertiate (⅓), quintate (⅕), sextate (⅙), septimate (⅐), decimate (⅒), duodecimate (¹⁄₁₂)
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Latin edit
Verb edit
centēsimāte