"duodecimate" meaning in English

See duodecimate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪmət/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: dyo͞o'ōdĕʹsĭmət [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -ātus (“-ate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|duodecimatus}} Latin duodecimatus Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} duodecimate (plural not attested)
  1. (rare) Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve. Tags: no-plural, rare Categories (topical): Death, Twelve Synonyms: duodecimvirate [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-duodecimate-en-noun-aU1UZWpq Disambiguation of Death: 81 0 19 Disambiguation of Twelve: 64 17 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 3 53 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪmeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: duodecimated [participle, past]
enPR: dyo͞o'ōdĕʹsĭmāt [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Either from the Latin duodecimō (“I take one twelfth”) or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) by analogy with decimate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|duodecimō||I take one twelfth}} Latin duodecimō (“I take one twelfth”), {{der|en|la|duodecimus||twelfth}} Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb|past participle|duodecimated}} duodecimate (past participle duodecimated)
  1. (rare, attested in the past participle only) To kill one twelfth of a group of people, especially by lot. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-duodecimate-en-verb-UFsbuGax
  2. (rare, attested in the past participle only) To divide into twelfths; to divide duodecimally. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Forms of government, Violence Coordinate_terms (reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part): tertiate (alt: ), quintate (alt: ), sextate (alt: ), septimate (alt: ), decimate (alt: ), centesimate (alt: ¹⁄₁₀₀)
    Sense id: en-duodecimate-en-verb-b4VDOXjP Disambiguation of Forms of government: 41 4 55 Disambiguation of Violence: 31 16 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with duodecim-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 3 53 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with duodecim-: 40 11 49 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 3 58 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 2 57 0 Disambiguation of 'reduce proportionately, by single aliquot part': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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