Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enumerate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enumerate \E*nu"mer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enumerated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Enumerating}.] [L. enumeratus, p. p. of
enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count,
fr. numerus number. See {Number}.]
To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one
after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by
one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of;
to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Enumerating the services he had done. --Ludlow.

Syn: To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate;
rehearse; recapitulate; detail.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enumerate
v 1: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she
had encountered" [syn: {itemize}, {itemise}]
2: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books
on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: {count}, {number}]


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