centropipedonal (sen" tropipedonal)

[ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary centum (sen'tum), n. [L., = E. hundred : see cent, hundred.] A hundred: used in the phrase per centum, by the hundred. centumpondium (sen-tum-pon'di-um), n.; pl. centum pond i a (-a). [L., pond us , weight.] The ancient Roman hun- dredweight, equal to 72 pounds avoirdupois. centumvir (sen-tum'ver), n.; pl. centumvirs , centumviri (-vérz, -vi-rī). [L. centumviri , prop. separately centum viri , centum (= AS. hund , E. hund - red, q. v.) + viri , pl. of vir = AS. wer , a man.] In ancient Rome, one of a body of 105 (called in round numbers 100) judges, 3 from each of the 35 tribes, appointed to decide com- mon causes among the people. The office of the cen- tumvirs was annual, the presidency of the tribunal belong- ing to the pretor. The court sat in the Julian basilica, in four sections, each presided over by a decemvir or an ex- questor. Under the empire their number was increased to 180, or perhaps more. centum viral (sen-tum'vi-ral), a. [L. centum- viral is , centumviri : see centumvir .] Pertaining to the centumvirs. centumvirate (sen-tum'vi-rāt), n. [L. cen- tumviri + -ate3 .] 1. The office or dignity of a centumvir.-2. Any body of a hundred men. Finding food and raiment all that term for a centum virate of the profe ion. Sterne , Tristranı Shandy, ii. 198. centumviri, n. Latin plural of centumvir . centuple (sen'tū-pl), a. [ centuple = Sp. céntuplo = Pg. It. centuplo , centu plus , hun- dred-fold, centum , a hundred, + -plus (= Gr. -πλόος), a multiplicative suffix, related to plus , more, and ult. to E. full .] A hundred-fold centuple (sen'tu-pl), v . t .; pret. and pp. centu- pled , ppr. centupling . [ centuple , a.] To make a hundred times more; multiply by a hundred. centuplicate (sen-tū'pli-kāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. centuplicated , ppr. centuplicating . [L. centuplicatus , uplicatus , pp. of centuplicare, increase a hundred-fold, centuplex ( centuplic- ), a hun- dred-fold, centum , a hundred, + plicare , fold.] To multiply a hundred times; centuple. I performed the civilities you enjoined me to your Howell , Letters, iv. 2. centuplyt (sen'tū-pli), v. t. [L. centuplicare : see centuplicate .] To centuple. Were centu plied upon myself, I could be patient. Fletcher , Spanish Curate, i. 2. centuria (sen-tū'ri-ä), n.; pl. centuriæ (-ē). [L.: see century1 .] An ancient Roman measure of land, said to have been originally 100 times the quantity Romulus distributed to each citizen, and equal to 200 jugera: but it seems to have varied from 50 to 400 jugera. See jugerum . centurial (sen-tu ́ri-al), a. [L. centurial is , 2. Consisting of or regulated by centuries; arranged by or divided into hundreds, or hun- dreds of years: as, a centurial organization of troops; a centurial history. The centurial plan, which prevailed from Flaccus to Mosheim, is an improvement [on the purely chronological or annalistic method of writing history]. 3. Occurring once in a century or a hundred years; centennial: as, a centurial sermon. [Rare.]-4. Completing a century. Every year of which the number is divisible by four without a remainder is a leap-year, excepting the centu- rial years, which are only leap-years when divisible by four after omitting the two ciphers. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 667. Centurial stones, boundary-stones; stones marking the limits of an old Roman century or allotment of land. See century1 , 2 ( c ). centuriatet (sen-tū'ri-āt), v. t. [ at us , pp. of cent uri are , divide into hundreds, centuria , a hundred: see century1.] To divide into centuries or hundreds. centuriatet (sen-tū'ri-āt), a. [L. cent uri at us , pp. see the verb.] Divided into or consisting IMG:content-0034.jpg:[blocks in formation] blies. Holland . centuriation (sen-tu-ri-a's hon), n. [L. cen- turiatio ( n- ), cent uri are , divide into centuries: see centuriate , v.] The custom of dividing land into centuries. See centuryl , 2 ( c ). It is obvious that formal centuriation in straight lines and rectangular divisions, by the Agrimensores, produced something entirely different from the open field system as we have found it in England. Seebohm , Eng. Vil. Community, p. 277. The centuriators of Magdeburg were the first that dis- covered this grand imposture. Ayliffe , Parergon. centuried (sen'tū-rid), a . [ His centuried silence to those hearers frank With joy he broke. C. De Kay , Vision of Nimrod, ii. [NL. (J. E. Gray, Centurio (sen-tū'ri-ō), n. 1842): see centurion .] A genus of American phyl- los to mine bats, notable in its family for the absence of a distinct nose-leaf, but having various extra ord i- IMG:content-0035.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small] IMG:content-0036.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0037.png:[blocks in formation] 890 formed in new-born children by an effusion of blood-( a ) between the aponeurotic structures of the cranium and the pericranium; ( b ) between the pericranium and the skull; or (c) between the dura mater and the skull. Also cephalhematoma and cep halo hematoma. cephalagra (sef-a-lag'rä), n. [ ργία, headache, gia.