Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To count off or name one by one; list: A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands.
- v. To determine the number of; count.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To count; ascertain or tell over the number of; number; hence, to mention in detail; recount; recapitulate: as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
Wiktionary
- v. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
- v. To determine the amount of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- v. determine the number or amount of
- v. specify individually
Etymologies
- Latin ēnumerāre, ēnumerāt-, to count out : ē-, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“The Constitution says "enumerate" - to count ... enumerate does not mean to identify by name or intrusively insist upon revealing very personal information.”
“Constitution in the particulars mentioned, and in many other ways which I forbear to enumerate is too clear to admit of the least doubt.”
“Business was a more critical partner in development than he could "enumerate", he said.”
“You see, Broun feels that any inquiry beyond the constitutional requirement to "enumerate" the number of persons living in his household is, per se, "unconstitutional.”
“According to my Constitution, the census is to "enumerate" the people.”
“I'm not sure what you mean by "enumerate" but maybe I can point you in the right direction.”
“That was in response to your attempt to enumerate the liberties of the people, referring to the debate surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights, not theCRA.”
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“If we wish for government to have a specific power, we should enumerate it.”
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“That was in response to your attempt to enumerate the liberties of the people, referring to the debate surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights, not the CRA.”
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“Since the constitutional mandate to the Congress was to ‘enumerate’, even obtaining the name and age seems to be more than called for.”
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