Catalogue \Cat"a*logue\, n. [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. ? a
counting up, list, fr. ? to count up; kata` down, completely
+ ? to say.]
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 raisonn['e][F.]
, a catalogue of books, etc.,
classed according to their subjects.
Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See
List.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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