tabulate
UK /ˈtæbjʊleɪt/ · US /ˈtæbjuːˌleɪt/ verb, noun, adjective
Forms tabulates tabulating tabulated
- verb (transitive) To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.
- verb (transitive) To set out as a list; to enumerate, to list.
- verb (transitive, Scotland, obsolete) To enter into an official register or roll.
- verb (transitive) To shape with a flat surface.
- noun (pharmacy, obsolete) A pill, a tablet.
- adjective (paleontology) Describing a member of an extinct order of corals, the Tabulata: having tabulae (well-developed horizontal internal partitions within each cell).
- noun (paleontology) A member of the order Tabulata.
Synonyms
recite catalogue enumerate list tick off enroll enlist induct enscroll put down put on register table tabularize tabularise
Etymology
From Late Latin tabulātus (“having a floor; floored”), perfect passive participle of tabulō (“to fit with planks”), from tabula (“board, plank”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (a variant of *steh₂- (“to stand”)) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)). Equivalent to table + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Late Latin tabulāta (“thin board, plank, flooring”), or more likely a relatinized version of tablet through tabula.
Back-formation from translingual Tabulata (“an extinct order of corals”) on the basis
of -ate (adjective-forming suffix, corresponding to Latin -ātus (forming participles), itself seen in Tabulata), from Latin tabulāta, the nominative neuter plural of tabulātus (“floored”). See further at etymology 1. The order is so named because the corals are characterized by their well-developed horizontal internal partitions (tabulae). Equivalent to tabula + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From a substantivation of the former adjective through the associated taxon's name (Tabulata). Equivalent to tabula + -ate (forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata")
Webster’s 1913
- verb To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.
- verb To shape with a flat surface.
Etymology [L. tabula a table. See Tabular.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tabulate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details