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centuriate

/sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/

centuriate adjective: divided into hundreds.

Adjective

centuriate (not comparable)

  1. Divided into hundreds.
    • In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.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....

Verb

IPA/sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/

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

  1. (obsolete) To divide into hundreds.

Forms of centuriate

third-person singular presentcenturiates
present participlecenturiating
past participlecenturiated
pastcenturiated

Origin of centuriate

First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about centuriate

What does centuriate mean?
Centuriate means divided into hundreds.
What part of speech is centuriate?
Centuriate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce centuriate?
Centuriate is pronounced /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/.

Words near centuriate in the dictionary

  1. centuplication
  2. centuplications
  3. centupling
  4. centuply
  5. centurial
  6. centuriate
  7. centuriated
  8. centuriates
  9. centuriating
  10. centuriation
  11. centuriator

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