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centesimate
centesimate
English
Verb
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
Related terms
Coordinate terms
- (reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part): tertiate (⅓), quintate (⅕), sextate (⅙), septimate (⅐), decimate (⅒), duodecimate (¹⁄₁₂)