amountv. i.[OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n.]1. To go up; to ascend.()So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. (Spenser.)2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.()3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.()v. t. To signify; to amount to.()n.1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.()2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.()The whole amount of that enormous fame. (Pope.)