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count

v. t. [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.]1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. ()

Who can count the dust of Jacob? (Num. xxiii. 10.)

In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. (Macaulay.)

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. ()

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. (Rom. iv. 3.)

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. ()

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. (Shak.)

To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] ()

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v. i. 1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing. ()

This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. (J. A. Symonds.)

2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon. ()

He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. (Macaulay.)

I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. (Swift.)

3. To take account or note; -- with (Shak.)

4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. (Burrill.)

n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.]1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting. ()

Of blessed saints for to increase the count. (Spenser.)

By this count, I shall be much in years. (Shak.)

2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. (Spenser.)

3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. (Wharton.)

(Bouvier. Wharton.)

n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. ()

(Brande & C.)

Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany] ()