centesimatev.

Brit.

/sɛnˈtɛsᵻmeɪt/, U.S.

/sɛnˈtɛsəˌmeɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin centesimat-, centesimare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin centesimat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of centesimare (4th cent.) < classical Latin centēsimus hundredth (see centesm n.). Compare earlier decimate v. Compare also earlier centesimation n.

Originally Roman History. rare.

transitive. To punish (a group of people) by executing one in every hundred. Also in extended use. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. decimate v. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > every hundredth person

centesimate1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Macrinus sometimes decimated and sometimes centesimated the soldiers.

1839 T. De Quincey Casuistry in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 462/2 Elsewhere, we decimate, or even centesimate.

1883 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 769 Abstainers are only centesimated by diseases that decimate drunkards.

2001 Prudentia 33 51 Opellius Macrinus called himself merciful because sometimes he only centesimated rather than decimated his troops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centesimate
释义	centesimatev. Brit. /sɛnˈtɛsᵻmeɪt/, U.S. /sɛnˈtɛsəˌmeɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin centesimat-, centesimare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin centesimat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of centesimare (4th cent.) < classical Latin centēsimus hundredth (see centesm n.). Compare earlier decimate v. Compare also earlier centesimation n. Originally Roman History. rare. transitive. To punish (a group of people) by executing one in every hundred. Also in extended use. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. decimate v. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > every hundredth person centesimate1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Macrinus sometimes decimated and sometimes centesimated the soldiers. 1839 T. De Quincey Casuistry in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 462/2 Elsewhere, we decimate, or even centesimate. 1883 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 769 Abstainers are only centesimated by diseases that decimate drunkards. 2001 Prudentia 33 51 Opellius Macrinus called himself merciful because sometimes he only centesimated rather than decimated his troops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1753
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