“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
QUANTIFY
quantify, measure
(verb) express as a number or measure or quantity; “Can you quantify your results?”
quantify
(verb) use as a quantifier
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
quantify (third-person singular simple present quantifies, present participle quantifying, simple past and past participle quantified)
To assign a quantity to.
To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
Synonyms
• (measure the quantity of): quantitate
Source: Wiktionary
Quan"ti*fy v. t. Etym: [L. quantus now much + -fy.]
Definition: To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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