centonizev.

Brit.

/ˈsɛntənʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsɛntəˌnaɪz/

Forms:

α. 1800s– centonise, 1900s– centonize.

β. 1800s– centoize Brit. /ˈsɛntəʊʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛntoʊˌaɪz/.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin centōn- , cento , -ize suffix; cento n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: In α. forms < classical Latin centōn-, cento cento n. + -ize suffix. Compare centonism n. In β. forms < cento n. + -ize suffix. Compare centoism n. at cento n. Derivatives.

transitive. To compile or compose (a text, piece of music, etc.) in the form of a cento (cento n. 1a); to incorporate (an author's writings) into a cento. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music To Centonise, (in plain chant,) to gather, or arrange a melody, from what has been already seen or heard.

1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 12 Mar. 229/3 Eudocia..thought good to extend her sceptre..over Homer's poems, and cento-ize them into an epic on the Saviour's life.

1906 G. R. S. Mead Thrice-greatest Hermes I. xii. 422 A complex or syncretism of Chaldæan, Persian, and Egyptian elements, patched together, or ‘centonized’, if we may use the term, with Jewish industry.

1954 European Sept. 19 Mr. Eliot's touristic impulsion has driven him through the literatures and religions of the Old World, centonising at first, synthesising at last.

1988 Jrnl. Royal Music Assoc. 113 276 Many liturgical texts are themselves of the ‘patchwork’ variety, centonized from different scriptural extracts.

2013 L. Pristas Collects of Rom. Missals viii. 212 The new paschal collects..were centonized from a variety of different types of prayers.

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

单词	centonize
释义	centonizev. Brit. /ˈsɛntənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛntəˌnaɪz/ Forms: α. 1800s– centonise, 1900s– centonize. β. 1800s– centoize Brit. /ˈsɛntəʊʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛntoʊˌaɪz/. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin centōn- , cento , -ize suffix; cento n., -ize suffix. Etymology: In α. forms < classical Latin centōn-, cento cento n. + -ize suffix. Compare centonism n. In β. forms < cento n. + -ize suffix. Compare centoism n. at cento n. Derivatives. transitive. To compile or compose (a text, piece of music, etc.) in the form of a cento (cento n. 1a); to incorporate (an author's writings) into a cento. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music To Centonise, (in plain chant,) to gather, or arrange a melody, from what has been already seen or heard. 1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 12 Mar. 229/3 Eudocia..thought good to extend her sceptre..over Homer's poems, and cento-ize them into an epic on the Saviour's life. 1906 G. R. S. Mead Thrice-greatest Hermes I. xii. 422 A complex or syncretism of Chaldæan, Persian, and Egyptian elements, patched together, or ‘centonized’, if we may use the term, with Jewish industry. 1954 European Sept. 19 Mr. Eliot's touristic impulsion has driven him through the literatures and religions of the Old World, centonising at first, synthesising at last. 1988 Jrnl. Royal Music Assoc. 113 276 Many liturgical texts are themselves of the ‘patchwork’ variety, centonized from different scriptural extracts. 2013 L. Pristas Collects of Rom. Missals viii. 212 The new paschal collects..were centonized from a variety of different types of prayers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1825
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