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<hw>Cen*tum"vir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Centumviri</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>centum</ets> hundred + <ets>Vir</ets> man.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.</def>

<h1>Centumviral</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tum"vi*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centumvitalis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.</def>

<h1>Centumvirate</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tum"vi*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>centumvirat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.</def>

<h1>Centuple</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen"tu*ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centuplex</ets>; <ets>centum + plicare</ets> to fold; cf. F. <ets>centuple</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hundredfold.</def>

<h1>Centuple</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen"tu*ple</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To increase a hundredfold.</def>

<h1>Centuplicate</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tu"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Centuplicated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Centuplicating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>centuplicare</ets>. See <er>Centuple</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Centurial</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tu"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Century</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a century; <as>as, a <ex>centurial</ex> sermon</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Centuriate</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tu"ri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centuriatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>centuriare</ets> to divide (men) into centuries.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Centuriate</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tu"ri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>century</er>.]</ety> <def>To divide into hundreds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Centuriator, Centurist</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw><hw>Cen*tu"ri*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cen"tu*rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>centuriateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under <er>Century</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Centurion</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen*tu"ri*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>centurio</ets>, fr. <ets>centuria</ets>; cf. F. <ets>centurion</ets>. See <er>Century</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Hist.)</fld> <def>A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>centurion</b> of the hand called the Italian band. <i>Acts x. 1.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Century</h1> <Xpage=233>

<hw>Cen"tu*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Centuries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>centuria</ets> (in senses 1 & 3), fr. <ets>centum</ets> a hundred: cf. F. <ets>centurie</ets>. See <er>Cent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hundred; <as>as, a <ex>century</ex> of sonnets</as>; an aggregate of a hundred things.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<blockquote>And on it said a <b>century</b> of prayers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A period of a hundred years; <as>as, this event took place over two <ex>centuries</ex> ago</as>.</def>