Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A computer; an arithmetician.

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Examples

  • Nemo coelum, nemo jusjurandum, nemo Jovem pluris facit, sed omnes apertis oculis bona sua computant.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [709] Polybius describes them, like so many casting counters, now of gold, tomorrow of silver, that vary in worth as the computant will; now they stand for units, tomorrow for thousands; now before all, and anon behind.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • 'Nec dierum numerum, ut nos, sed noctium computant,' said Mr. Raikes, and both the brothers sniffed like dogs that have put their noses to a hot coal, and the Countess, who was less insensible to the aristocracy of the dead languages than are women generally, gave him the recognition that is occasionally afforded the family tutor.

    Evan Harrington — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868

  • 'Nec dierum numerum, ut nos, sed noctium computant,' said Mr. Raikes, and both the brothers sniffed like dogs that have put their noses to a hot coal, and the Countess, who was less insensible to the aristocracy of the dead languages than are women generally, gave him the recognition that is occasionally afforded the family tutor.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • 'Nec dierum numerum, ut nos, sed noctium computant,' said Mr. Raikes, and both the brothers sniffed like dogs that have put their noses to a hot coal, and the Countess, who was less insensible to the aristocracy of the dead languages than are women generally, gave him the recognition that is occasionally afforded the family tutor.

    Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Secundum Metodum duo Milia. cuius diuersitatis causa est quia isti non computant secundum morem sacre scripture minucias temporum vel annorum que super sunt Millenis atque Centenis annis.

    A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum Anonymous 1823

  • -- A rapid succession, which may yet be credible, as well as the non consulum numero, sed maritorum annos suos computant, of

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • A rapid succession, which may yet be credible, as well as the non consulum numero, sed maritorum annos suos computant, of Seneca,

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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