acounten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === accompt, acompte, accounte, a-count, acounte, a-counti, acownt, a-coynt === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman acounter, aconter; equivalent to acounte (“account”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix) or a- +‎ counten (“to count”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈkuːntən/ === Verb === acounten (third-person singular simple present acounteth, present participle acountende, acountynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle acounted) To measure or calculate (especially time): To count (enumerate; give the number of) Synonym: counten (rare) To amount to; to equal. To narrate or recount; to provide an accounting: Synonym: counten To maintain or provide accounts of finances. To answer for; to justify or expiate. To reckon, value or consider. (rare) To count as or consider a member of a group. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: account, accompt ==== References ==== “acǒunten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.