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Webster 1913 Edition


Cento

Cen′to

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Noun.
;
pl.
Centos
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[L.
cento
a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.]
A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cento

CENTO

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Noun.
A composition formed by verses or passages from other authors, disposed in a new order.