centesimate
English
editEtymology
editFirst 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.
Verb
editcentesimate (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.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Coordinate terms
edit- (reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part): tertiate (⅓), quintate (⅕), sextate (⅙), septimate (⅐), decimate (⅒), duodecimate (¹⁄₁₂)
Related terms
editLatin
editVerb
editcentēsimāte