centesimate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1753; borrowed from Latin centēsimātus, perfect passive participle of the Latin centēsimō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from centēsimus (“hundredth”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); compare tertiate, quintate, sextate, septimate, decimate, and duodecimate. === Verb === centesimate (third-person singular simple present centesimates, present participle centesimating, simple past and past participle centesimated) To select one person in every hundred for a punishment. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part): tertiate (⅓), quintate (⅕), sextate (⅙), septimate (⅐), decimate (⅒), duodecimate (¹⁄₁₂) ==== Related terms ==== centesimation == Latin == === Verb === centēsimāte second-person plural present active imperative of centēsimō