enumerate

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English

Etymology

First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Pronunciation

Verb

enumerate (third-person singular simple present enumerates, present participle enumerating, simple past and past participle enumerated)

  1. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
  2. To determine the amount of.

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Adjective

enumerate (comparative more enumerate, superlative most enumerate)

  1. (obsolete, participle) Enumerated.
    • 1646, George Gillespie, Male Audis:
      So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

enumerate

  1. inflection of enumerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

enumerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of enumerato

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

ēnumerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēnumerō

Spanish

Verb

enumerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of enumerar combined with te