Amounting

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

  Amount \A*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Amounted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Amounting}.] [OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend,
     fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F.
     amont up the river. See {Mount}, n.]
     1. To go up; to ascend. [Obs.]
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              So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
        quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; --
        with to or unto.
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     3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
        influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as,
        the testimony amounts to very little.
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