(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider
or esteem as belonging.
(v. t.) To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or
consider.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
(v. i.) To take account or note; -- with
(v. i.) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a
count.
(v. t.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number
ascertained by counting.
(v. t.) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an
English earl.