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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NU'MERATE, v.t. To count or reckon in numbers; to calculate. [But enumerate is generally used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: able to understand and use numbers [ant: innumerate] v
1: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate]
2: read out loud as words written numbers

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin numeratus, past participle of numerare to count, from numerus Date: 1657 enumerate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. acquainted with the basic principles of mathematics. Derivatives: numeracy n. Etymology: L numerus number + -ATE(2) after literate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Numerate Nu"mer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Numerating.] [L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See Number, v.] (Arith.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is numerate is able to do arithmetic. Your children should be literate and numerate. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Reckon, enumerate, count, number, call over, tell off.

Moby Thesaurus

call off, call over, call the roll, census, count, enumerate, foliate, list, measure, number, page, paginate, poll, quantify, quantize, run over, tale, tally, tell, tick off