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tab⋅u⋅late

[v. tab-yuh-leyt; adj. tab-yuh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
–verb (used without object)
2. tab 1 (def. 13).
–adjective
3. shaped like a table or tablet; tabular.
4. having transverse septae, as certain corals.

Origin:
1590–1600; (adj.) < LL tabulātus, ptp. of tabulāre to fit with planks, floor; see table, -ate 1 ; (v.) < L tabul(a), for table + -ate 1


tab⋅u⋅la⋅ble, adjective
tab⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun


1. order, rank, sort, group, classify.
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tab·u·late   (tāb'yə-lāt')   
tr.v.   tab·u·lat·ed, tab·u·lat·ing, tab·u·lates
  1. To arrange in tabular form; condense and list.

  2. To cut or form with a plane surface.

adj.   (tāb'yə-lĭt, -lāt')
Having a plane surface.

[Latin tabula, writing + -ate1.]
tab'u·la'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

tabulate 
1734, "to put into form of a table," from L. tabula (see table). Tabulation is from 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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