Enumeration

E-nuˊmer-a′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

enumeratio

: cf. F.

énumération

.]

1.

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

2.

A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.

Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our

enumeration

.

Paley.

3.

(Rhet.)

A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.

,

Noun.

[L. enumeratio.] The act of counting or telling a number, by naming each particular.

1.

An account of a number of things, in which mention is made of every particular article.

2.

In rhetoric, a part of a peroration, in which the orator recapitulates the principal points or heads of the discourse or argument.

See also: enumeration

énumération f ‎(plural énumérations)