Part 94

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.</def> "Men of <i>account</i>." <i>Pope</i>. "To turn to <i>account</i>." <i>Shak</i>.

<cs><col>Account current</col>, <cd>a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account.</cd> -- <col>In account with</col>, <cd>in a relation requiring an account to be kept.</cd> -- <col>On account of</col>, <cd>for the sake of; by reason of; because of.</cd> -- <col>On one's own account</col>, <cd>for one's own interest or behalf.</cd> -- <col>To make account</col>, <cd>to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>s other part . . . <b>makes account</b> to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To make account of</col>, <cd>to hold in estimation; to esteem; <as>as, he <ex>makes</ex> small <ex>account of</ex> beauty</as>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To take account of</col>, or <col>to take into account</col></mcol>, <cd>to take into consideration; to notice.</cd> "<i>Of</i> their doings, God <i>takes</i> no <i>account</i>." <i>Milton</i></blockquote>. -- <col>A writ of account</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an <altname>action of account</altname>.</cd> <i>Cowell.</i></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal.</syn> <usage></syn> -- <usage><er>Account</er>, <er>Narrative</er>, <er>Narration</er>, <er>Recital</er>. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. <uex>Account</uex> turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an <uex>account</uex> of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A <uex>narrative</uex> is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a <uex>narrative</uex> of the events of a siege, a <uex>narrative</uex> of one's life, etc. <uex>Narration</uex> is usually the same as <uex>narrative</uex>, but is sometimes used to describe the <uex>mode</uex> of relating events; as, his powers of <uex>narration</uex> are uncommonly great. <uex>Recital</uex> denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the <uex>recital</uex> of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc.</ususage>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To reckon; to compute; to count.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are <b>accounted</b>. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with <i>to</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.</def>

<blockquote><b>Accounting</b> that God was able to raise him up. <i>Heb. xi. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To recount; to relate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Account</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*count"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; <as>as, an officer must <ex>account</ex> with or to the treasurer for money received</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with <i>for</i>; <as>as, we must <ex>account</ex> for the use of our opportunities</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with <i>for</i>; <as>as, idleness <ex>accounts</ex> for poverty</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To account of</col>, <cd>to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. "I <i>account of<i> her beauty."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Newer was preaching more <b>accounted of</b> than in the sixteenth century. <i>Canon Robinson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Accountabilability</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*count"a*bil`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.</def> "The awful idea of <i>accountability</i>."

<i>R. Hall.</i>

<h1>Accountable</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*count"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; <as>as, every man is <ex>accountable</ex> to God for his conduct</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being accounted for; explicable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and <b>accountable</b>, -- not a burden but a privilege. <i>B. Whichcote.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.</syn>