ACCOUNT (2)

account (2). Account, n. a regard, rank, narrative, sum stated, value, sake, explanation

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Ac‐count″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting.] [[OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, à (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See Count, v. t.]] 1. 1. To reckon; to compute; to count.
The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. Sir T. Browne. 2. 2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; — with to. Clarendon.
3. 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. 4. To recount; to relate. Chaucer.