Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Counting}.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological
   spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished;
   conter to relate (cf. {Recount}, {Account}), compter to
   count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to
   reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See {Pure},
   and cf. {Compute}.]
   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?      --Num. xxiii.
                                                  10.

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

   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.                    --Rom. iv. 3.

   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.          --Shak.

   {To count out}.
      (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured
          that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended
          upon.
      (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting
          of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is
          not present.
      (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a
          fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said
          of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]

   Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See
        {Calculate}.