paginate

[paj-uh-neyt] /ˈpædʒ əˌneɪt/

verb (used with object), paginated, paginating.

to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.

verb (used without object), paginated, paginating.

Computers. to create pages, as with a word-processing program.

Origin

1880-85; < Latin pāgin(a) page¹ + -ate¹

Related forms

repaginate, verb (used with object), repaginated, repaginating.

unpaginated, adjective

Examples from the web for paginate

Please include your name at the top of each page, but do not paginate.

British Dictionary definitions for paginate

paginate

/ˈpædʒɪˌneɪt/

verb

(transitive) to number the pages of (a book, manuscript, etc) in sequence Compare foliate

Derived Forms

pagination, noun

Word Origin and History for paginate

"to mark or number the pages of a publication," 1858 (implied in paginated), back-formation from pagination. Medieval Latin had paginare, but it had another sense. Related: Paginating.