centuriate

English

Etymology

Latin centuriatus, past participle of centuriare (“to divide (men) into centuries”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹiət/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹieɪt/

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Adjective

centuriate (not comparable)

1. divided into hundreds
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.

Verb

centuriate (third-person singular simple present centuriates, present participle centuriating, simple past and past participle centuriated)

1. (obsolete) To divide into hundreds.

Latin

Verb

centuriāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of centuriō