acounten

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. To measure or calculate (especially time):
    1. To count (enumerate; give the number of)
      Synonym: counten
    2. (rare) To amount to; to equal.
  2. To narrate or recount; to provide an accounting:
    Synonym: counten
    1. To maintain or provide accounts of finances.
    2. To answer for; to justify or expiate.
  3. To reckon, value or consider.
  4. (rare) To count as or consider a member of a group.

Conjugation

Conjugation of acounten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) acounten, acounte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular acounte acounted
2nd-person singular acountest acountedest
3rd-person singular acounteth acounted
subjunctive singular acounte
imperative singular —
plural1 acounten, acounte acounteden, acountede
imperative plural acounteth, acounte —
participles acountynge, acountende acounted

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: account, accompt

References

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