enumerate
[ih-noo-muh-reyt, ih-nyoo-]
- to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
- to ascertain the number of; count.
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Origin of enumerate
Synonyms
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recitecalculateitemizespecifyspecializecomputenamefigurereckonrelatesumtallynumberdetailmentionquoteciteidentifyinventoryrecountExamples from the Web for enumerated
Contemporary Examples
Because all quacks operate using the exact same methods, which are enumerated with extreme detail in NUTS!
The Strange, True Tale of the Old-Timey Goat Testicle-Implanting 'Governor'Penny Lane
September 16, 2014
All detailed mechanisms for “popular decision making, divided powers, and enumerated rights.”
But as I wrote last week, you cannot use semantic games to do an end run around an enumerated constitutional right.
Except for one thing: you can't do an end-run around an enumerated right with some sort of semantic game.
Historical Examples
"Three florists, two confectioners," he enumerated, as if he had not heard me.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Of the three individuals, which has the greatest experience of all the pleasures which we enumerated?
The RepublicPlato
We have now enumerated all possible motions with the exception of two.
LawsPlato
This does not mean that the sequence must be as enumerated here.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
Enumerated are the various offences of a maritime character, and their punishment.
Bygone PunishmentsWilliam Andrews
enumerate
- (tr) to mention separately or in order; name one by one; list
- (tr) to determine the number of; count
- Canadian to compile or enter (a name or names) in a voting list for an area
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin ēnumerāre, from numerāre to count, reckon; see number
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Word Origin and History for enumerated
enumerate
v.
1610s, from or modeled on Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare (see enumeration). Middle English had annumerate (early 15c.). Related: Enumerated; enumerating.
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