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compute
compute AC /kəmˈpjuːt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: computare, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + putare __to think__
to calculate a result, answer, sum etc:
    Final results had not yet been computed.