(kount) v.t.
1. To list or call off the units of (a group or collection) one by one to ascertain the total; number; enumerate: to count a flock.
2. To list numerals in a progressive sequence up to: to count ten.
3. To believe or consider to be; judge; think.
4. To determine by computation; reckon.
5. To take note of; include in a reckoning.
6. Obs. To place to the account of; ascribe.
—v.i.
7. To list numbers in sequence.
8. To rely: with on or upon.
9. To be of (much, little, no) value: His testimony counts for naught.
10. Mus. To keep time by counting or beating.
—to count in
1. To include: Count me in.
2. To elect by fraud.
—to count out
1. In boxing, to reach a count of ten over (a downed boxer), thus declaring him defeated.
2. To prevent a fraudulently elected candidate from taking office; also, to ignore, as certain votes.
3. To exclude or excuse: Count me out on the picnic.
—to count the cost To determine the risk beforehand.
—noun
1. The act of counting; number.
2. Attention; heed; estimation.
3. An accounting, as of a stewardship or for an action.
4. Law A separate charge, as in an indictment.
5. In boxing, the counting from one to ten seconds, during which time the contestant who is down must get up or lose the fight. [<OF conter <L computare. Doublet of COMPUTE.]
—count′a·ble adjective

(kount) noun
In some European countries, a nobleman having a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England. [<AF counte <L comes an associate]