CEN CER
nor 167,niit 163—tithe 171, t&b 172,bill 173—oil 299 —poind 313—fAin 406, thu 469.To CELESTIFY, ge-lis'te-fi, »• “■ To give
something of a heavenly nature to any thing.
CELIACK, se'le-ak, a. Relating to thelower belly.
CELIBACY, sel'e-ba-se, s. Single life.
CELIBATE, sel'e-bit, s. 91. Single life.
CELL, sell, s. A small cavity or hollowplace ; the cave or little habitation of a reli-gious person ; a small and cluse apartment ina prisun ; any small place of residence.
CELLAR, sel'lur, s. 88. A place underground, where stores are reposited, or whereliquors are kept.
CELLARAGE, slllur-ldje, s. 90. The part
of the building which makes the cellars.
CELLARIST, sel'lur-kt, s.555. The but-ler in a religious house.
CELLULAR, sel'lu-l£r, a. Consisting oflittle cells or cavities.
CELSITUDE, sel'si-tude, *. Height.
CEMENT, sim'ment, s. 492. The matterwith which two bodies are made to cohere £bond of union in friendship.
To CEMENT, se-ment', v. a. To unite bymeans of something interposed.
To CEMENT, se-ment', o. n. To come intoconjunction, to cohere.
CEMENTATION, sem-en-tii'shun, s. Theact of cementing.
CEMETERY, sem'me-ter-e, s.A place wheretlie dead are reposited.
CEN ATORY,* sen'na-tfir-e, *. 505. Relating
..„ o _ _ rt .. •. . 8 . <»
to supper.-—See Cecitv • 512.CENOBITICAL , sen-nA-blt'e-kal, a. Living
in community. 503.
CENOTAPH, sen'o-taf, s. A monumentfor one elsewhere buried.
CENSE, sense, s. Publick rates.
To CENSE, sense, v. a. To perfume withodours. .
CENSER, sen'sur, s. 98. The pan in whichincense is burned,
CENSOR, sett'sAr, s. 16G. An officer ofRome who had the power of correcting man-ners ; one who is given to censure.CENSORIAN, sen-sA re-an, a. Relating tot'ie censor.
CENSORIOUS, sen-so're-us, a. Addictedto censure, severe.
CENSORIOUSLY, sen-sA'rc-us-le, ad. In a
severe reflecting manner. , , ,
CENSORIOUSNESS, sen-sA're-us-nes, s.
Disposition to reproach.
CENSORSHIP, sen'sAr-sh?p, s. 166. Theoffice of a censor.
CENSURABLE, sen'shu-ra-bl, a. Worthyof censure, culpable. ,
CENSURABLENESS, sen'shu-r&-bl-ne3, s.Rlameahieness.
CENSURE, sen'shure, s. 452. Blame, re-primand, reproach •, judgment, opinion', jadi-
' C1 ?),5xVor'Ti>ti s l , ', rit "al punishment.
To CENSURE, sen'shire, r. a. To blame,to brand pubhckly ; to condemn.CENSURER, sen'shur-Ar, j.He that blames.CENT, sent, s. A hundred, as five percent. \that is, five in the hundred.
CENTAUR, sentawr, s. A poetical being,supposed to be compounded of a man and ahorse ; the archer in the zodiack.CENTAURY, sen't&w-re, a. A plant.
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CENTENARY, sen'te-na-ve, s. The numberof a hundred.
CENTESIMAL, sen-tes'A-m&l, s. Hun-
riredth. 88.
CENTIFOLIOUS, sen-te-fA'le-us, a.Having
a hundred leaves.
CENTIPEDE , sen'te-pede, s. A poisonousinsect.—See Millepedes.
CENTO, sen'to, s. A composition formedby joining scraps from different authors.CENTRAL, sen'tral, a. 88. Relating to thecentre.
CENTRE, sen'tur, s. 416. The middle.
To CENTRE, sen'tur, v. a. To place on acentre, to fix as on a centre.
To CENTRE, sen'tur, v. n. To rest on, torepose on ; to be placed in the midst or centre.CENTRICK, sen'trik, a. Placed in thecentre.
CENTRICAL, sen'tnk-al, a . Placed in thecentre.
This word, though inconstant n*age, is not inany of onr Dictionaries. It seems to be perfectlyequivalent to Gentrick; but custom, in time, generallyeither finds or makes a different shade of meaning be-tween words where no such difference was perceivedat first.
CENTRIFUGAL , sen-trSf'ii-gal, a. Havingthe quality acquired by bodies in motion, ofreceding from the centre.
CENTRIPETAL , sen-trtyi-tal,«. Having
a tendency to the centre.
CENTRY, sen'tre, s.— See Sentinel.CENTUPLE, sen'tu-pl, a. 405. A hundred-fold.
To CENTUPLICATE, sln-tu'ple-k&te, v. a.To make a hundredfold.
To CENTURIATE, sen-ture-ate, v. a. Todivide into hundreds.
CENTURIATOR, sen-tu-re-a tur, s. 521. A
name given to historians, who distinguishtimes by centuries.
CENTURION, sen-tu're-un, s. A militaryolficer,who commanded a hundred men amongthe Romans.
CENTURY, Sen'tsluWe, s. 461. A hundred,usually employed to specify time, as the se-cond century. , . . ,
CEPHALALGY, sef a-ldl-je, s. The head-
CEPHALICK, se-f&l'llk, a. 509. That whichis medicinal to the head.
CERASTES, se-ras'tez, s . A serpent havinghorns.
CF-ItATE, se'rat, s. 91. A medicine madeof wax.
CERATED, se'ra-ted, a. Waxed.
To CERE, sere, v. a. To wax.
CEREBEL , slr'e-bel, s. 503. Part of thebrain.
CERECLOTH, sere'elSth, ,t. Uloth smearedover with glutinous matter.
CEREMENT, serement, s. Clothes dippedin melted wax, with which dead bodies wereinfolded. 2 .
CEREMONIAL, ser-e-mo'ne-itl, a .Relatingto ceremony, or outward rite ; formal, observ-ant of old forms, , .
CEREMONIAL, ser-e-mo'ne-al, s.Outwardform, external rite ; the order for rites andforms in the Roman church. ,CEREMONIALNESS, ser-e-rnh'ne-al-ne?,s. The quality of being ceremonial.