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Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals. A long train of numeral progressions. Locke.

According to number; in number; numerically.

Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body. A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. Ayliffe.

To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

The act or art of numbering. Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign. Locke.

Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng. Cyc.

One who numbers.

To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M. Hale.

Tending or serving to obliterate.

To obey. [Obs.] Johnson.

Octocerata.

A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne.

Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. Johnson.

To load; to burden. [Obs.] Becon.

The act of loading. [Obs.]

The house where operas are exhibited. Opéra bouffe Etym: [F. opéra opera + bouffe comic, It.buffo], Opera buffa Etym: [It.], light, farcical, burlesque opera. -- Opera box, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium of an opera house for the use of a small private party. -- Opéra comique Etym: [F.], comic or humo…

Practicable. [Obs.]