duodecimate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪmət/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve. no-plural,rare
    — We affirm, that to all eternity the apostles are to be twelve, among all the redeemed, a conspicuous, glorious, unassociated duodecimate.
动词 v.
  1. To kill one twelfth of a group of people, especially by lot. rare
    — The French squadron…opened fire at a distance far beyond the range of our rifles, and the carnage in our ranks was fearful. We were being gradually duodecimated.
  2. To divide into twelfths; to divide duodecimally. rare
    — He has duodecimated his difficulties by choosing twelve boy “heroes.”

词形变化

duodecimated participle,past

词源

词源 1
From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
词源 2
Either from the Latin duodecimō (“to take one twelfth”) or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) by analogy with decimate.
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