What does centuried mean?
Centuried means (rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient..
To-morrow we'll deliver the matter to you—and the wheels that grind the centuried darkness to destruction will again start a-rolling.
Muck, murk, and humus, and the human anguish And human hope, and that dark wood-mold sweeter
Here he finds "concrete existence," for instance "hated irony" and dialogue and jokes and "the centuried roots of jazz."
Above, the old weathercock groans, but remembers Creaking, to turn, in its centuried rust.
Use centuried when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Centuried means (rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient..
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To-morrow we'll deliver the matter to you—and the wheels that grind the centuried darkness to destruction will again start a-rolling.
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