denumbers

Verb

denumber (third-person singular simple present denumbers, present participle denumbering, simple past and past participle denumbered)

1. To denumerate.
   • In the applications which we will now discuss, we propose each time to consider the counting or the denumbering of the signals of a sequence.1950, ACEC review, page 19
2. To go from a number to the item or element that it indexes.
   • The program for denumbering gives the possibility by the numbers from a given range to receive the correspondent mnemocombinations.1985, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, page 81
3. To abolish a system of numbering.
   • This resolution was passed before the plaintiff came to the meeting, and on its being read to him when he came he challenged the company's right to denumber his shares.1976, African Law Reports: Commercial law series - Volume 1, page 154
4. To remove from a numbered list of official items, members, etc.
   • After fulfilling duties of locking up and denumbering their forces, we withdrew out of Hanoi at night of 17 Feb 1947.2000, Minh Trị Lưu, Hanoi Capital, page 50