"Decimate" is a word in ENGLISH
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man
of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an
army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks.
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A persistent job-seeker once appeared before President Lincoln and demanded an appointment to a judgeship. He was informed that there were no vacancies. The next day, while walking along the river, he saw a drowned man being pulled out, and recognized him as a federal judge.He ran back to the White House and demanded the position. "Sorry," said the President, "but the lawyer who saw that judge fall in beat you here by a good five minutes."
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten …
Read the complete definitionThe system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
Read the complete definitionTo reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
Read the complete definitionBy tens; by means of decimals.
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Read the complete definitionA tithing.
Read the complete definitionA selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
Read the complete definitionThe destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
Read the complete definitionThe punishing every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other fa 11-ure of duty, was termed “decimatio Icgio-nis” by …
Read the complete definitionOne who decimates.
Read the complete definitionA French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.
Read the complete definitionA French coin of the value of the tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents
Read the complete definitionIn ecclesiastical law. Tenths, or tlthes. The tenth part of the annual profit of each living, payable formerly to the …
Read the complete definitionContaining ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
Read the complete definitiondisilya v [A; c] turn left. n left direction. disimal n decimal point. v [A; b6] place or put a …
Read the complete definitionIn Scotch law. Tlthes of corn, (grain.) Bell
Read the complete definitionNot decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.
Read the complete definitionThe decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
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