enumerate
verb (used with object)
to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list.
was enumerating
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past progressiveof enumerate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While this fellow was enumerating the Universalists in neighboring towns who had turned from their errors on their death-beds, some one exclaimed, "John Hodges! why, he isn't dead,—he's alive and well."
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I was enumerating, as I told you, my present felicities: I was rejoicing in your friendships.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
When the relations of the bride troop in, we recognize the fact that they, too, have a theme; we learned it when Goro, some time back, was enumerating the expected guests.
From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls
The young doctor felt that Lindsay was enumerating pointedly the qualities he lacked.
From The Web of Life by Robert Herrick
Just now I was enumerating the lords, and I ought to add to the list two archbishops and twenty-four bishops.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
