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cen|tes|i|mate «sehn TEHS uh mayt», transitive verb, -mat|ed, -mat|ing.

to take one in every hundred of (soldiers, citizens, or inmates) for punishment, often by execution, as for mutiny or widespread rebellion.

╂[< Latin centēsimāre (with English -ate¹) < centēsimus hundredth]

–cen|tes´i|ma´tion, noun.