noumbren
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French nombrer, from Latin numerō; equivalent to nombre + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
noumbren
- To enumerate; to count or work out the number of something:
- To note down someone for a census; to perform a census.
- To count out all the examples of something.
- To calculate; to perform arithmetic or measurement (especially used for calculating time passing)
- To decide a number; to decree how many of a thing there will be (especially used of God)
- To be of the opinion that; to believe or or think that.
- (rare) To work, deduce, figure or find out; to come to a realisation.
- (rare) To exist in a certain quantity.
Conjugation
Conjugation of noumbren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “nǒmbren (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.
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