And a thank you to my crack proofreaders. The prior post should have used the word "remunerate" instead of the imaginary word "renumerate". Irregardless, i think the gist was clear.
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Well, this conservative dictionary is not ready to grant 'irregardless' full membership:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
irregardless
SYLLABICATION: ir·re·gard·less
PRONUNCIATION: r-gärdls
ADVERB: Nonstandard Regardless.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably blend of irrespective and regardless.
USAGE NOTE: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir– prefix and –less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
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Since 'numerate' means count, a few web sites at least give:
Renumerate
v. t.
To recount.
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It's not in American Heiritage, but who are we to question question.com?
Also the google search turned up one "Sponsored Link", which I'll include in case anyone's "in the market."
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Parallel to regardless = irregardless, numerate, enumerate and denumerate all seem to mean count.
numerate
SYLLABICATION: nu·mer·ate
PRONUNCIATION: nm-rt, ny-
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: nu·mer·at·ed, nu·mer·at·ing, nu·mer·ates
To enumerate; count.
ADJECTIVE: (-mr-t) Able to think and express oneself effectively in quantitative terms.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin numerre, numert-, from numerus, number. See number.
OTHER FORMS: numer·a·cy (-mr--s) —NOUN
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enumerate
SYLLABICATION: e·nu·mer·ate
PRONUNCIATION: -nm-rt, -ny-
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: e·nu·mer·at·ed, e·nu·mer·at·ing, e·nu·mer·ates
1. To count off or name one by one; list: A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands. 2. To determine the number of; count.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin numerre, numert-, to count out : -, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: e·numer·ation —NOUN
e·numer·ative (-m-rtv, -mr--) —ADJECTIVE
e·numer·ator —NOUN
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denumerable
SYLLABICATION: de·nu·mer·a·ble
PRONUNCIATION: d-nmr--bl, -ny-
ADJECTIVE: Capable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers; countable.
ETYMOLOGY: From denumerate, to count, from Late Latin dnumerre, dnumert-, alteration of Latin dnumerre : d-, dis-, dis- + numerre, to number; see numerate.
OTHER FORMS: de·numer·a·bili·ty —NOUN
de·numer·a·bly —ADVERB
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'numerate' ending in a 'rut' sound rather than 'rate,' is the adjective, comparable to 'literate.'
e.g., Because you are numerate, you would never claim that the set of points in even the smallest line segment is denumerable.
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In the unlikely event that anyone has read this far, I'll include an old favorite:
'flammable, inflammable'
flammable
SYLLABICATION: flam·ma·ble
PRONUNCIATION: flm-bl
ADJECTIVE: Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin flammre, to set fire to, from flamma, flame. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: flamma·bili·ty —NOUN
flamma·ble —NOUN
USAGE NOTE: Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in– has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means “not flammable” or “noncombustible.” The prefix –in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix –in, which is related to the English –un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this –in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings.
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e.g., I put the gasoline can next to the fireplace, but don't worry, it's inflammable.
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