Centenarian

A person one hundred years old. -a. Of, or pertaining to a hundred years of age; as, a centenarian inhabitant. Centenary, (sen'ten-a-re,) n. [Lat. centenarius, from centum, a hundred.) The number of a hundred; the period of a hundred years; a century. their populations respectively, the period between the Cen'tenary, in Virginia , a P. O. of Bucking ham co. taking of each census varying from two years, as in Centennial, a . [From Lat. centum , a hundred, and Iowa, to ten years, as in Ma achusetts. ( Continued in SECTION 11.) Cent, n. [Fr.; Lat. centum , a hundred.] A hundred.-An ann us, a year. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a hundred years, or completing that term. - Happening every hundred years. American coin of copper or other metal, equivalent to Centennial Exposition. See SECTION II. 10 mills or the 100th part of a dollar. - In China, a coin Cen'ter, n. See CENTRE. of which 100 are equal to the Mexican dollar. - A game Cen'tering, n. ( Arch .) See CENTRING. at cards, formerly played, at which 100 points scored Centerville, in Iowa , a city, capital of Appanoose co., game.-Per cent. A certain rate by the hundred, as five dred. per cent., the 20th part of 100. Cent'age, n. Percentage; rate by the cent or hun Centaur, ( sen'tawr ,) n. [Lat. centaur us; Gr. kentauros ; probably from Gr. kentão , to prick, urge on, and tauros , a bull, from his being a mourted herdsman.) ( Myth .) A fabulous being, represented as half man, half horse. The Centaurs are mentioned as inhabiting The aly, and IMG:content-0097.png:[blocks in formation] with Hippo dam i a. Hercules, These us, and the rest of the Lapithæ, defeated the Centaurs with great slaughter, drove them out of The aly, and compelled them to seek shelter in Arcadia. It has been supposed that the fable of these monsters arose among the Lapithæ, a tribe in The aly, who first broke and rode the horse, and invented the bridle. (Astron.) [Lat. Centaur us .] A southern constellation, so low down that the main part of it cannot be seen in our latitude. It is situated S. of Spica Virgin is, with a mean declination of 50°. It contains 35 stars, including 2 of first magnitude, 1 of the second, and 6 of the third: the brightest of which are not visible in the U. States. See SAG IT TAR I US. Cen'taurize, v. a. To perform the acts of, or to be like a Centaur; hence, to be a man and act like a brute.