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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--renumerate renumerate (re-NOO-muh-rayt) verb tr. To recount. [From Latin renumerare (to count over) from re- + numerare (to count), ultimately from Indo-European root nem- (to assign or take) that's also the source for words such as number, numb, astronomy, and nemesis.] "We can renumerate a number of things which are still strong with Central Government," Mr. Brown said. Mayor Brown Wants Restructuring Delayed; The Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) Sep 10, 1986. This week's theme: words that appear to be misspellings. X-Bonus There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. -Henry van Dyke, poet (1852-1933)

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