E*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [L. enumeratio: cf. F. 'enum'eration.]
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.
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