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.]

1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]

The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. --Sir T. Browne.

2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.]

--Clarendon.

3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.

Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb. xi. 19.

4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)