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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cē/no-zō'ic, a. p. 210(Geol.) Belonging to the tertiary and later period; belonging to the age of mammals. See GEOLOGY. Dana.Cĕnse, n. p. 210A public rate or tax. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Cĕnse, v. t. p. 210To perfume with odors from burning substances. The Salii sing and cense his altars round With Saban smoke. Dryden.Cĕns'er, n. p. 210A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense Which from a golden censer forth doth rise. Spenser. 2. A bottle having a perforated and ornamented top, used…Cēn’sion, n. p. 210A rate, tax, or assessment. [Obs.] J. Hall.Cĕn'sor, n. p. 210(Antiq.) An officer in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the citizens, to impose taxes according to the property which each man possessed, and to inspect the manners of the…Cen-sō'ri-al or Cen-sō'ri-an, a. p. 210Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, the censorial power of the press. Junius. 2. Full of censure; censorious. [Rare.]Cen-sō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 210Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Watts. 2.…Cen-sō'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 210In a censorious manner.Cen-sō'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 210The quality of being censorious; the disposition or habit of censuring.Cĕn'sor-shĭp, n. p. 210The office or dignity of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland.Cēn'su-al, a. p. 210Relating to, or containing, a census. He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Baker.Cĕn'sur-a-ble, a. p. 210Worthy of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.Cĕn'sur-a-ble-ness, n. p. 210Quality of being censurable; fitness to be censured; blamableness.Cĕn'sur-a-bly, adv. p. 210In a censurable manner.Cĕn'sure, n. p. 210An estimate or judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.] Will you go, To give your censures in this weighty business? Shak. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as…Cēn′sūre, v. t. p. 210To form or express a judgment of; to criticise; to estimate. [Obs.] His voyage was variously censured; the Templars . . . flouted threat as if all this while he had labored about a difficult nothing…Cēn'sure, v. i. p. 210To judge. [Obs.] Shak.Cĕn'sus, n. p. 210(Rom. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estates, for the purpose of imposing taxes, &c., occurring usually once in five years. 2. An official registration of the number of the…Çênt, n. p. 210A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred. 2. A coin made of copper or of copper and nickel, equal in value to ten mills, or the hundredth part of a dollar. [U. S.] 3. An…Cent'age, n. p. 210Rate by the cent, or hundred; percentage.Cĕnʹtaur, n. p. 210(Myth.) A fabulous being, supposed to be half man and half horse.Cĕn′taur-īze, v. i. p. 210To perform the acts of, or to be like, a Centaur; hence, to be a man, and act like a brute. Young.Cĕnʹtau-ry, n. p. 210(Bot.) A plant (Centaurea) of several species, some of which are common weeds in meadows and cultivated fields; others are cultivated for ornamental purposes. London.Cen'te-nā'ri-an, n. p. 211A person a hundred years old.Cĕn'-te-nā'ri-an, a. p. 211Of, or pertaining to, a hundred years.Cen'te-na-ry, n. p. 211The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century; a hundred years. “A centenary of years.” Hakewill. We pray no longer for our daily bread. But next centenary’s harvests. E. B.…Cĕn′te-na-ry, a. p. 211Relating to a hundred; consisting of a hundred. Worc. 2. [Perhaps for centennary, from Lat. centum, a hundred, and annus, a year.] Occurring once in every hundred years. Centenary solemnities, which…Cen-tĕn'ni-al, a. p. 211Belonging to the hundredth anniversary; as, a centennial day. (Mason.) 2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, a centennial jubilee.Cen'ter or Cen'tre, n. p. 211A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body; the middle point or place of any thing. 2. The middle or central portion of any thing; the midst. 3. A point of concentration…Cĕn′ter or Cĕn′tre, v. i. p. 211To be placed in a center; to be central. 2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated. Our hopes must center on ourselves alone. Dryden.Cĕn’ter or Cĕn’tre, v. t. p. 211To place on a center; to fix on a central point. Milton. 2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. Thy joys are centered all in me alone. Prior.Cen'ter-bit or Cen'tre-bit, n. p. 211An instrument turning on a center, for boring circular holes.Cēnʹter-ing, n. p. 211(Arch.) The temporary woodwork of framing on which any vaulted work is constructed. [Written also centring.] Gwilt.Cen-tĕs'ĭ-mal, a. p. 211Hundredth; by the hundred; as, the centesimal part of a grain.Cen-tē'si-mal, n. p. 211A hundredth part. “The neglect of a few centesimals.” Arbuthnot.Cen-tēs'/i-mā'/tion, n. p. 211(Mil.) A military punishment for desertion, mutiny, or the like, where one person in a hundred is selected to receive the penalty.Cen'te-sĭm, n. p. 211The hundredth part of a thing. [Obs.] Hutton.Cen'ti-cĭp'i-tōus, a. p. 211Having a hundred heads.Cen-tĭf'i-dous, a. p. 211Divided into a hundred parts.Cen-ti-fō'li-ous, a. p. 211Having a hundred leaves. Bailey.Cĕn′ti-grāde, a. p. 211Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the freezing point, and the distance between that and…Cen'ti-grămme, n. p. 211A measure of weight, being the hundredth part of a gramme, equal to .15433 of a grain troy and .16924 of a grain avoirdupois. See GRAMME.Cen-tīl'i-ter or Cēn’ti-lī’ter, n. p. 211A measure of capacity or volume, being the hundredth part of a litre, or a little more than six tenths of a cubic inch.Cen-til'o-quy, n. p. 211A hundred fold discourse. [Rare.] Burton.Cen'time', n. p. 211(Fr. Coinage.) The hundredth part of a franc.Cen-tim'e-ter or Cĕn'ti-mē'ter or Centim'ētre, n. p. 211A measure of length, being the hundredth part of a meter, or rather more than thirty nine one hundredths of an inch English measure.Cĕn’ti-nel, n. p. 211See SENTINEL.Cen-tin'/o-dy, n. p. 211(Bot.) A kind of grass of the genus Illecebrum, a purslain-like plant.Cĕn’ti-ped, n. p. 211(Zoöl.) A species of the land articulates of the order Myriapoda. They are many-jointed, wingless, somewhat vermiform, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede (-peed).] Dana.Cént'ner, n. p. 211(Metal. & Assaying.) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. ☞ The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they…Cēn’to, n. p. 211A 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…Cen'to-nism, n. p. 211The act of making a composition by selection from various authors; compilation.Cen'tral, a. p. 211Relating to the center; placed in the center or middle; containing the center, or pertaining to the parts near the center. Central forces (Mech.), the two antagonist forces (the centripetal and…Cĕn′tral-ism, n. p. 211The state or quality of being central; the combination of several parts in one whole.Cen-trāl'i-ty, n. p. 211The state of being central. More.Cĕn′tral-i-zā′tion, n. p. 211Act of centralizing; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts to a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.Cĕn’tral-ize, v. t. p. 211To draw to a central point; to bring to a center; to make central. “ [To] centralize the power of government.” Bancroft.Cen'tral-ly, adv. p. 211In a central manner; with regard to the center.Cen-trā'tion, n. p. 211Tendency to the center. [Obs.] More.