compute

compute
computable, adj.computability, n.computably, adv.computist /keuhm pyooh"tist, kom"pyoo-/, n.
/keuhm pyooht"/, v., computed, computing, n.
v.t.
1. to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
2. to determine by using a computer or calculator.
v.i.
3. to reckon; calculate.
4. to use a computer or calculator.
5. Informal. to make sense; add up: His reasons for doing that just don't compute.
n.
6. computation: outer space that is vast beyond compute.
[1375-1425 for earlier sense; 1580-90 for def. 6; (v.) < L computare, equiv. to com- COM- + putare to think; (n.) late ME < MF < LL computus calculation, number, n. deriv. of computare; cf. PUTATIVE, COUNT1]
Syn. 1. estimate, count, figure.

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