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COUNT, v.t. 1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a mans life; to count the stars.Who can count the dust of Jacob? Numbers 23.2. To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute.Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others.3. To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15. 4. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.I count them my enemies. Psalm 139.Neither count I my life dear to myself. Acts 20. I count all things loss. Philippians 3.5. To impute; to charge.COUNT, v.i. To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We cannot count on the friendship of nations. Count not on the sincerity of sycophants. COUNT, n. 1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count.2. Number.3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.COUNT, n. [L., a companion or associate, a fellow traveler.] A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.
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COUNT, v.t. 1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a mans life; to count the stars.Who can count the dust of Jacob? Numbers 23.2. To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute.Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others.3. To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15. 4. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.I count them my enemies. Psalm 139.Neither count I my life dear to myself. Acts 20. I count all things loss. Philippians 3.5. To impute; to charge.COUNT, v.i. To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We cannot count on the friendship of nations. Count not on the sincerity of sycophants. COUNT, n. 1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count.2. Number.3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.COUNT, n. [L., a companion or associate, a fellow traveler.] A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. | COUNT, n.1 [Fr. conte and compte; Sp. cuenta and cuento; It. conto. The Spanish has also computo, and the It. id.]- Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count.
- Number. – Spenser.
- In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting, forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.
COUNT, n.2 [Fr. comte; It. conte; Sp. conde; Port. id.; Arm. condt; from L. comes, comitis, a companion or associate, a fellow traveler. Qu. con and eo.]A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. – Blackstone. Encyc. COUNT, v.i.To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We can not count on the friendship of nations. Count not on the sincerity of sycophants. COUNT, v.t. [Fr. conter; It. contare; Sp. Port. contar; Arm. counta or contein. Qu. the root. The Fr. has compter, also, from the L. computo; the Sp. and Port. computar, and the It. computare. The Eng. count is directly from conter; and it may be a question whether conter and contar are from the L. computo.]- To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a man's life; to count the stars.
Who can count the dust of Jacob? – Numb. xxiii.
- To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute.
Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others. – Locke.
- To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. – Gen. xv.
- To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge or consider.
I count them my enemies. – Ps. cxxxix.
Neither count I my life dear to myself. – Acts xx.
I count all things loss. – Phil. iii.
- To impute; to charge. – Rowe.
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- 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.
- 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.
- The act of numbering;
reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
- A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an
English earl.
- To place to an account; to ascribe or
impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
- To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with
on or upon.
- An object of interest or account;
value; estimation.
- To esteem; to account; to reckon; to
think, judge, or consider.
- To take account or note; -- with
- 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.
- To plead orally; to
argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
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Count COUNT, verb transitive 1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a mans life; to count the stars. Who can count the dust of Jacob? Numbers 23:10. 2. To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute. Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others. 3. To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6. 4. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. I count them my enemies. Psalms 139:18. Neither count I my life dear to myself. Acts 20:24. I count all things loss. Philippians 3:8. 5. To impute; to charge. COUNT, verb intransitive To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We cannot count on the friendship of nations. count not on the sincerity of sycophants. COUNT, noun 1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count 2. Number. 3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration. COUNT, noun [Latin , a companion or associate, a fellow traveler.] A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.
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