quintate

Etymology
First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 1889; from the Classical ; in the verbal sense after, and in the senses by mistaken analogy with.

Verb

 * 1)  To  or  one  (of ).
 * 2) * 1812, Emanuel Swedenborg [aut.] and J. Clowes [tr.], Arcana Cœlestia VII (2nd ed.), chapter xli, pages 210⁽¹⁾ and 270 ⁽²⁾
 * ⁽¹⁾ Let Pharaoh…quintate✸ the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance of provision.
 * ✸ Quintate signifies to take a fifth of any thing, and is derived from the Latin quintus, signifying a fifth, as decimate is derived from decimus, signifying a tenth.
 * ⁽²⁾ “And let him quintate the land” — that hereby is signified which were to be preserved and afterwards stored up, appears from the signification of quintating, as here involving the like with decimating.

Adjective

 * 1) * 1851, “The Dispensatory of the United States of America” (9th ed.?), quoted in the Journal of Materia Medica XIV (1875), page 49
 * Potentilla Reptans, Cinquefoil, a…European herb, with leaves which are usually quintate, and have thus given origin to the ordinary name of the plant.
 * Potentilla Reptans, Cinquefoil, a…European herb, with leaves which are usually quintate, and have thus given origin to the ordinary name of the plant.

Noun

 * 1)  The  of the  of integers that occur between a  of  and the next ( of those multiples).
 * 1)  The  of the  of integers that occur between a  of  and the next ( of those multiples).
 * 1)  The  of the  of integers that occur between a  of  and the next ( of those multiples).