Count /(kount)/

imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

3. To take account or note; -- with [Obs.]
4. To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. (Eng. Law)

1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

   Of blessed saints for to increase the count.

   By this count, I shall be much in years.

2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.]
3. 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. (Law)

1. A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.