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English Dictionary: enumerate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enumerate
v
  1. specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
    Synonym(s): enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
  2. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
    Synonym(s): count, number, enumerate, numerate
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.
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