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.-to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.-to esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.-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.-to reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.-to take account or note; -- with-to plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.-the act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.-an object of interest or account; value; estimation.-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.-a nobleman on the continent of europe, equal in rank to an english earl.