verb
quintate
Quintate (verb) means to seize or destroy one fifth (of something).
verb
1
To seize or destroy one fifth (of something).
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Etymology
First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 1889; from the Classical Latin quīntus (“fifth”); in the verbal sense after decimate, and in the botanic senses by mistaken analogy with ternate.
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"quintate" (verb) means to seize or destroy one fifth (of something).