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catalogue

Catalogue, n.

Etymology: [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr.

A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars. Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically. -- Catalogue raisonné Etym: [F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects. Syn. -- List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.

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Catalogue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catalogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Cataloguing.]

To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for catalogue; he lists it under record.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.