centuriate
English
Etymology
Latin centuriatus, past participle of centuriare (“to divide (men) into centuries”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹiət/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹieɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
centuriate (not comparable)
- divided into hundreds
- 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. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.
Verb
centuriate (third-person singular simple present centuriates, present participle centuriating, simple past and past participle centuriated)
- (obsolete) To divide into hundreds.
Latin
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