from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb To count off or name one by one; list.
transitive verb To determine the number of; count.
from The Century Dictionary.
To count; ascertain or tell over the number of; number; hence, to mention in detail; recount; recapitulate: as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount.
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verb To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
verb To determine the amount of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb determine the number or amount of
verb specify individually
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ēnumerāre, ēnumerāt-, to count out : ē-, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
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From Middle French enumeration, from Latin enumerationem ("a counting up").
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The Constitution says "enumerate" - to count ... enumerate does not mean to identify by name or intrusively insist upon revealing very personal information.
You see, Broun feels that any inquiry beyond the constitutional requirement to "enumerate" the number of persons living in his household is, per se, "unconstitutional."
That was in response to your attempt to enumerate the liberties of the people, referring to the debate surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights, not theCRA.
That was in response to your attempt to enumerate the liberties of the people, referring to the debate surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights, not the CRA.
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