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numerate

[v. noo-muh-reyt, nyoo-; adj. noo-mer-it, nyoo-]

verb (used with object)

to represent numbers by symbols.

enumerate (def. 2).

adjective

able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English: counted, numbered < Latin numerātus (past participle of numerāre to number), equivalent to numer- number + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

nu·mer·a·cy, noun

re·nu·mer·ate, verb (used with object), re·nu·mer·at·ed, re·nu·mer·at·ing.

un·nu·mer·at·ed, adjective

Can be confused: remunerate, renumerate.

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numerate

—*adj*
1.	Compare literate able to use numbers, esp in arithmetical operations

—vb
2.	to read (a numerical expression)
3.	a less common word for enumerate

[C18 (vb): from Latin numerus number + -ate¹, by analogy with literate]

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