Accounted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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              The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
              accounted.                            --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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     2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
        assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
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     3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
        consider; to deem.
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              Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
                                                    xi. 19.
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     4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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