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numerate

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nu⋅mer⋅ate

  [v. noo-muh-reyt, nyoo-; adj. noo-mer-it, nyoo-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to represent numbers by symbols.
2. enumerate (def. 2).
–adjective
3. able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: counted, numbered < L numerātus (ptp. of numerāre to number ), equiv. to numer- number + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
nu⋅mer⋅a⋅cy, noun
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nu·mer·ate   (nōō'mə-rāt', nyōō'-)   
tr.v.   nu·mer·at·ed, nu·mer·at·ing, nu·mer·ates
To enumerate; count.
adj.   (-mər-ĭt)
Able to think and express oneself effectively in quantitative terms.

[Latin numerāre, numerāt-, from numerus, number; see number.]
nu'mer·a·cy (-mər-ə-sē) n.
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