cen|tu´ri|a´tion

cen|tu´ri|a´tion
cen|tu|ri|ate «verb. sehn TYUR ee ayt, -tur-; adjective. sehn TYUR ee iht, -TUR-, -ayt», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to divide into centuries or hundreds.
2. (in Roman colonization) to divide and assign (land).
–adj.
centuriated.
[< Latin centuriāre (with English -ate1) < centuria century]
cen|tu´ri|a´tion, noun.

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