- OE. nombrennoumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerarenumeratum. See Numbern.
- To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.He was numbered with the transgressors.
- 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.
- To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.Thy tears can not number the dead.To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.
