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noun
Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural, rare
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Synonyms: duodecimvirate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To kill one twelfth of a group of people, especially by lot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Qualifier: attested in the past participle only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To divide into twelfths; to divide duodecimally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Qualifier: attested in the past participle only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
Either from the Latin duodecimō (“to take one twelfth”) or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) by analogy with decimate.
