numerate

numerate
numeracy, n.
v. /nooh"meuh rayt', nyooh"-/; adj. /nooh"meuhr it, nyooh"-/, v., numerated, numerating, adj.
v.t.
1. to represent numbers by symbols.
2. enumerate (def. 2).
adj.
3. able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
[1400-50; late ME: counted, numbered < L numeratus (ptp. of numerare to NUMBER), equiv. to numer- NUMBER + -atus -ATE1]

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