資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbered}; p. pr & vb. n.
   {Numbering}.] [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L.
   numerare, numeratum. See {Number}, n.]
   1. 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.      --Gen. xiii.
                                                  16.

   2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

            He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii.
                                                  12.

   3. 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.

   4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of;
      as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

            Thy tears can not number the dead.    --Campbell.

   {Numbering machine}, a machine for printing consecutive
      numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.

   Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.