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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbered}
(n[u^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr & vb. n. {Numbering}.] [OE. nombren,
noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See
{Number}, n.]
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1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to
enumerate.
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If a man can number the dust of the earth, then
shall thy seed also be numbered. --Gen. xiii.
16.
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2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
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He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii.
12.
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3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the
place of in a series by order of number; to designate the
place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses
in a street, or the apartments in a building.
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4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of;
as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
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Thy tears can not number the dead. --Campbell.
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{Numbering machine}, a machine for printing consecutive
numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.
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Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.
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