n. & v. (US catalog)
--n.
1. a complete list of items (e.g. articles for sale, books held by a library), usu. in alphabetical or other systematic order and often with a description of each.
2 an extensive list (a catalogue of crimes).
3 US a university course-list etc.
--v.tr. (catalogues, catalogued, cataloguing; US catalogs, cataloged, cataloging)
1. make a catalogue of.
2 enter in a catalogue.
Derivatives:
cataloguer n. (US cataloger).
Etymology: F f. LL catalogus f. Gk. katalogos f. katalego enrol (as CATA-, lego choose)