enumerate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=nu=mer=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

enumerate, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"Enumerating the services he had done."

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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

enumerate, v.tr.
1 specify (items); mention one by one.
2 count; establish the number of.

Derivative

enumerable adj. enumeration n. enumerative adj.

Etymology

L enumerare (as E-, NUMBER)

THESAURUS

enumerate

block out, book, calendar, call off, call over, call the roll, catalog, census, count, detail, enroll, enter, file, foliate, identify, impanel, index, inventory, itemize, keep score, list, measure, mention, number, numerate, outline, page, paginate, parse, particularize, pigeonhole, poll, post, program, quantify, quantize, recite, recount, register, relate, resolve, run over, scan, schedule, schematize, score, specialize, specify, tabulate, tale, tally, tell, tell off, tick off

ROGET THESAURUS

enumerate

Quantity

VB quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.

Numeration

VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.

List

VB list, itemize, sort, collate, enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally.