Enumerating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enumerate \E*nu"mer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enumerated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Enumerating}.] [L. enumeratus, p. p. of
     enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count,
     fr. numerus number. See {Number}.]
     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; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
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           Enumerating the services he had done.    --Ludlow.
  
     Syn: To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate;
          rehearse; recapitulate; detail.
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