decimator (desimator)

[= F. décimateur = It. decimatore; as decimate + -or.] One who or that which decimates. decime (de-sēm'), n. [F. décime, a tenth, tithe, decime (in older form disme, díme, > E. dime ), = decimes trial (des-i-mes'tri-al), a. [L. decem, E. ten, + -mestris, adj. form in comp. of mens is, a month, q. v. Cf. semester.] Consisting of or containing ten months. [Rare.] The decimes trial year still survived long after regal government had ceased. W. Smith , Dict. Greek and Rom. Antiq., p. 192. decimeter (des'i-me-tèr), n. [ Sp. decímetro = Pg. dec i metro ), decimo (des'i-mō; Sp. pron. da'the-mō), n. [Sp.. IMG:content-2160.png:[blocks in formation]