centesimate

centesimate
To select one person in every hundred for a punishment
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  • centesimate — cen·tes·i·mate …   English syllables

  • centesimate — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Late Latin centesimatus, past participle of centesimare, from Latin centesimus hundredth + atus ate : to punish or execute every hundredth man of the legion was centesimated on account of mutinous… …   Useful english dictionary

  • centesimal —   a. counting or counted by hundredths.    ♦ centesimate, v.t. punish by punishing   (especially executing) every hundredth man.    ♦ centesimation, n …   Dictionary of difficult words

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