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enumerate

[ih-noo-muh-reyt, ih-nyoo-]
verb (used with object), e·nu·mer·at·ed, e·nu·mer·at·ing.
  1. 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.
  2. to ascertain the number of; count.
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Origin of enumerate

1640–50; < Latin ēnumerātus (past participle of ēnumerāre), equivalent to ē- e-1 + numer(us) number + -ātus -ate1
Related formse·nu·mer·a·tive [ih-noo-muh-rey-tiv, -mer-uh-, ih-nyoo-] /ɪˈnu məˌreɪ tɪv, -mər ə-, ɪˈnyu-/, adjectivee·nu·mer·a·tor, nounnon·e·nu·mer·at·ed, adjectivenon·e·nu·mer·a·tive, adjectivepre·e·nu·mer·ate, verb (used with object), pre·e·nu·mer·at·ed, pre·e·nu·mer·at·ing.re·e·nu·mer·ate, verb (used with object), re·e·nu·mer·at·ed, re·e·nu·mer·at·ing.un·e·nu·mer·at·ed, adjectiveun·e·nu·mer·a·tive, adjectivewell-e·nu·mer·at·ed, adjective

Synonyms

1. recapitulate, recount.
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Examples from the Web for enumerative

Historical Examples

  • One is representative or enumerative; the other, suggestive.

    English: Composition and Literature

    W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

  • The copulative or enumerative conjunctions, have only two degrees.

  • Enumerative description has one point of great difference from suggestive description.

    English: Composition and Literature

    W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

  • In enumerative induction we lay stress on the number of instances in which the habit is applied.

British Dictionary definitions for enumerative

enumerate

verb
  1. (tr) to mention separately or in order; name one by one; list
  2. (tr) to determine the number of; count
  3. Canadian to compile or enter (a name or names) in a voting list for an area
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Derived Formsenumerable, adjectiveenumeration, nounenumerative, adjective

Word Origin

C17: from Latin ēnumerāre, from numerāre to count, reckon; see number
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Word Origin and History for enumerative

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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