“centesimate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

centesimate

释义

centesimate, v.|sɛnˈtɛsɪmeɪt|
[f. L. centēsimāre (f. centēsimus hundredth): see -ate³. Cf. decimate.]
To select every hundredth person for punishment. So cenˈtesimation.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. 122 (L.) Sometimes the criminals were decimated by lot, as appears in..Julius Capitolinus, who also mentions a centesimation.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Macrinus sometimes decimated and sometimes centesimated the soldiers.1768E. Buys Dict. Terms of Art, Centesimation, a milder Kind of military Punishment..when only every hundredth Man is executed.1839De Quincey Wks. (1862) VII. 270 Elsewhere, we decimate, or even centesimate.

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