Cēn’to, n.

n.; pl. CĒN’TŌS. [Lat. cento, a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem, Gr. κέντρων.]

1. A composition formed by verses or passages from different authors disposed in a new order.
2. (Mus.) An opera or other musical composition designedly compounded of selections connected by appropriate passages; a musical medley on a large scale.