1.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. "Who can count the dust of Jacob?" "In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins."
2.To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. "Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
3.To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. "I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends."
To count out. (a)To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon.
(b)(House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
(c)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. (Colloq.)
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