centuriate

First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

adjective

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹiət/

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verb

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹieɪt/

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centuriate (not comparable)

1. 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, →OCLC:

     In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.

centuriate (third-person singular simple present centuriates, present participle centuriating, simple past and past participle centuriated)

1. (obsolete) To divide into hundreds.

centuriāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of centuriō