Part 2482

<blockquote>Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good <b>counselor</b>, or no? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. <note>[See under <er>Consilor</er>.]</note></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.</def>

<blockquote>Good <b>counselors</b> lack no clients. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Coun"sel*or*ship</hw> <tt>(koun"s?l-?r-sh?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The function and rank or office of a counselor.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Count</h1> <Xpage=331>

<hw>Count</hw> <tt>(kount)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Counted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Counting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>conter</ets>, and later (etymological spelling) <ets>compter</ets>, in modern French thus distinguished; <ets>conter</ets> to relate (cf. <er>Recount</er>, <er>Account</er>), <ets>compter</ets> to count; fr. L. <ets>computuare</ets> to reckon, compute; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>putare</ets> to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See <er>Pure</er>, and cf. <er>Compute</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Who can <b>count</b> the dust of Jacob? <i>Num. xxiii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In a journey of forty miles, Avaux <b>counted</b> only three miserable cabins. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.</def>

<blockquote>Abracham believed God, and it was <b>counted</b> unto him for righteousness. <i>Rom. iv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>count</b> myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To count out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To exclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(House of Commons)</fld> <cd>To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See <er>Calculate</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Count</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, every vote <ex>counts</ex>; accidents <ex>count</ex> for nothing.</as></def>

<blockquote>This excellent man . . . <b>counted</b> among the best and wisest of English statesmen. <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government <b>counted</b> on his voice. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I think it a great error to <b>count</b> upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take account or note; -- with</def> <i>of</i>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "No man <i>counts</i> of her beauty."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

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