What is to select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay called?
decimate — To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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