enumerate

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Constitution in the particulars mentioned, and in many other ways which I forbear to enumerate is too clear to admit of the least doubt.

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  1. transitive verb To count off or name one by one; list: A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands.
  2. transitive verb To determine the number of; count.

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  • The third seems intended to enumerate, and to deny, the several opinions expressed in the President's proclamation, respecting the nature and powers of this government. —  Select Speeches of Daniel Webster
  • Even though legislation won't cover many of them, illegal immigrants are especially difficult to enumerate: Few raise their hands to be counted. —  Cato @ Liberty
  • "We care more for our liberties than to meekly hand over to the federal government the potential to enumerate, track, identify, and eventually control us." —  Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1
  • Class Renaming - enumerate names and packages for all new Gumbo classes. —  Adobe Blogs
  • Thinking like a hacker, my first plan of attack was to enumerate or list the financial services. —  TG Daily - All News
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  1. Latin ēnumerāre, ēnumerāt-, to count out : ē-, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare (later Italian enumerate = Spanish Portuguese enumerar = French énumérer), count over, count out, number, from e, out, + numerare, count, number: see number, numerate.
 

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