Account \Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accounted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Accounting}.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter,
   [`a] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to
   count, L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.]
   
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   1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
      
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            The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
            accounted.                            --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      
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   2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
      assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
      
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   3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
      consider; to deem.
      
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            Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
                                                  xi. 19.
      
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   4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      
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