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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
account .
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Examples
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[3582] Whereas many a man would think himself in heaven, a pretty prince, if he had but the least part of that fortune which thou so much repinest at, abhorrest and accountest a most vile and wretched estate.
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“And why, sweetheart?” said the Queen, moved by a new impulse; “what hath he, this false knight, since such thou accountest him, done to thee?”
Kenilworth 2004
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By all which is manifestly proved that none of these goods which thou accountest thine, are thine indeed.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Then made she of the bordel her oratory, and in making her prayers to God she saw tofore her a white vesture, and anon therewith she clad her and said: I thank thee Jesu Christ which accountest me with thy virgins and hast sent me this vesture.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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"And why, sweetheart?" said the Queen, moved by a new impulse: "what hath he, this false knight, since such thou accountest him, done to thee?"
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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"Thou accountest thy help of no less worth than it is?" said Frithiof, laughing therewith; "but sure it showeth the thrall's blood in thee that thou wouldst fain be awaiting at table."
The Story Of Frithiof The Bold 1875 Anonymous 1865
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And though no man is worthy of so infinite a grace, yet this is my comfort, that he is worthy whom thou in favour accountest worthy.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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"And why, sweetheart?" said the Queen, moved by a new impulse; "what hath he, this false knight, since such thou accountest him, done to thee?"
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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Thou hast well said, "who have nothing," not because thou hast not what another hath, but because thou accountest the thing such as to be called happy; yea, for this cause art thou worthy of infinite lamentations: even as, if a person living in health should count happy him that is sick and lying on a soft couch, this latter is not near so wretched and miserable as he, because he hath no sense of his own advantages.
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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Thy judgment but we shall thus be justified, namely, if Thou justifiest us, if through Thy mercy Thou accountest us righteous. "
Apology of the Augsburg Confession Philipp Melanchthon 1528
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