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a. [ Antenna + -form. ] Shaped like antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centennial. ] 1. Consisting of two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occurring every two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centum a hundred + annus year. ] 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

That opened through long lines
Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See under Tennis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fescennine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octennium a period of eight years; octo eight + annus year. ] Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years. Johnson. -- Oc*ten"ni*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fiftieth anniversary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. septennium a period of seven years; septem seven + annus year. See Seven, and Annual. ] 1. Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in seven years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable). ] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis. --
Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n. --
Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]