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||Cen"trum (?), n.; pl. E.
Centrums (#), L. Centra (#).
[L., center.] (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a
vertebra. See Vertebra.

Cen"try (?), n. See
Sentry. [Obs.] Gray.

||Cen*tum"vir (?), n.; pl.
Centumviri (#). [L., fr. centum hundred
+ Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of
about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the
empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four
sections.

Cen*tum"vi*ral (?), a. [L.
centumvitalis.] Of or pertaining to the centumviri,
or to a centumvir.

Cen*tum"vi*rate (?), n. [Cf. F.
centumvirat.] The office of a centumvir, or of the
centumviri.

Cen"tu*ple (?), a. [L.
centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F.
centuple.] Hundredfold.

Cen"tu*ple, v. t. To increase
a hundredfold.

Cen*tu"pli*cate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Centuplicated; p.


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