numerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb determine the number or amount of
    count; number; enumerate.
    • Can you count the books on your shelf?
    • Count your change
  2. verb read out loud as words written numbers
  3. adjective able to understand and use numbers

WordNet

Nu"mer*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See Number, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Numerated ; present participle & verbal noun Numerating
Definitions
  1. (Arith.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

Webster 1913