COMPUTE

calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure

(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)

(transitive) To reckon or calculate.

(intransitive, informal) To make sense.

Noun

compute (uncountable)

(computing, informal) computational power

Source: Wiktionary


Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] Etym: [L. computare. See Count, v. t.]

Definition: To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.

Syn.

– To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.

Com*pute", n. Etym: [L. computus: cf. F. comput.]

Definition: Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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