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cen·to 
[sen-toh] Pronunciation Key
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[sen-toh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tos.
| 1. | a piece of writing, esp. a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors. |
| 2. | anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration. |
| 3. | Obsolete. a patchwork. |
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L centō patchwork quilt or curtain]
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cen·to·nism
[sen-tn-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key, cen·to·ni·za·tion
[sen-tn-uh-zey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key, noun
[sen-tn-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key, cen·to·ni·za·tion
[sen-tn-uh-zey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key, noun
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CENTO
[sen-toh] Pronunciation Key
[sen-toh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a former organization (1959–79) for economic and military cooperation, established as successor to the Baghdad Pact, and comprising Great Britain, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. The U.S. had affiliate status. |
[Origin: Cen(tral) T(reaty) O(rganization)]
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| cen·to
(sěn'tō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cen·tos A literary work pieced together from the works of several authors. [Latin centō, patchwork.] |
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Cento
Cen"to\, n.; pl. Centos. [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
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| CENTO Central Treaty Organization |
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