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Count [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count

2. Number.

3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.

4. A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.

Count [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We cannot count on the friendship of nations. count not on the sincerity of sycophants.

Count [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a mans life; to count the stars.

2. Who can count the dust of Jacob? Numbers 23:10 .

3. To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute.

4. Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others.

5. To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

6. Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 .

7. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

8. I count them my enemies. Psalms 139:18 .

9. Neither count I my life dear to myself. Acts 20:24 .

10. I count all things loss. Philippians 3:8 .

11. To impute; to charge.

Count [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

Count [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.

2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

3. To take account or note; -- with

4. To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

Count [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

4. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

5. An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

6. A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.

Count Encyclopedia Britannica

COUNT, COUNTESS (Latin, Comes, Comitissa). In the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland the Continental title count, in its highest and most dignified acceptation, is represented by earl,—an earl’s wife, however, being styled countess. In the times of the Roman commonwealth, personages of different degrees of rank, who in various capacities officially accompanied the proconsuls and proprietors into the provinces, bore the common designation of comites, either a comitando or a commeando. At a later period, the comites, as personal companions and counsellors of the prince, whose name they always added to the title of their office, became lords of the palace, whence the origin of their style as counts j)alatine. At a considerably later era, this same title implied princely rank, dignity, and power enjoyed by the bearer under a supreme imperial sovereign. By Constantine the title comes was first established as a definite dignity; but this same title, within a short time after its first formal establishment, was conferred indiscriminately upon various classes of public officers, of whom a long list, specifying the capacity in which each one served, is given by Du Cange. After the fall of the Roman empire the governors of provinces and cities who commanded in war and during peace presided over the administration of the laws retained the titles of duces and comites (dukes and counts); occasionally also the distinction between these titles failed to be observed, and some counts became governors of provinces. Under the last king of the second royal dynasty of France, the dignity of the counts of the highest rank was rendered hereditary, when they even aspired to independent sovereignty. From the inability of Hugh Capet to maintain the supremacy of the Crown against their ...

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Count-wheel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The wheel in a clock which moves round and causes it to strike.

Count-wheel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

Countable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may be numbered.

Countable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being numbered.

Counted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Numbered; told; esteemed; reckoned; imputed.

Counted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Countenance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, the contents of a body; the outline and extent which constitutes the whole figure or external appearance. Appropriately, the human face; the whole form of the face, or system of features; visage.

2. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance Proverbs 15:13 .

3. Be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance Matthew 6:16 .

4. Air; look; aspect; appearance of the face; as in the phrase, to change or alter the countenance

5. The face or look of a beast; as a horse of a good countenance

6. Favor; good will; kindness.

7. Thou hast made him glad with thy countenance Psalms 21:6 .

8. Hence in scriptural language, the light of Gods countenance is his smiles or favorable regards, his favor and grace; and to hide his face or countenance is to manifest his displeasure, and withdraw his gracious aids. So the rebuke of his countenance indicates his anger and frowns. Psalms 80:16 .

9. This application of face or countenance which seems to be of high antiquity, proceeded probably from the practice of turning away the face to express anger, displeasure and refusal; a practice still common, but probably universal among rude nations. The opposite conduct would of course express favor. The grant of a petition is accompanied with a look directed to the petitioner; the refusal or denial, with an averted face. Hence,

10. Support; aid; patronage; encouragement; favor in promoting and maintaining a person or cause.

11. It is the province of the magistrate, to give countenance to piety and virtue.

12. Let religion enjoy the countenance of the laws.

13. Give no countenance to violations of moral duty.

14. Show; resemblance; superficial appearance.

15. The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.

16. In law, credit or estimation.

17. To keep the countenance is to preserve a calm, composed or natural look, unruffled by passion; to refrain from expressing laughter, joy, anger or other passion, by an unchanged countenance

18. In countenance in favor; in estimation.

19. If the profession of religion were in countenance among men of distinction, it would have a happy effect on society.

20. To keep in countenance to give assurance or courage to; to support; to aid by favor; to prevent from shame or dismay.

21. To put in countenance to give assurance; to encourage; or to bring into favor; to support.

22. Out of countenance confounded; abashed; with the countenance cast down; not bold or assured.

23. To put out of countenance to cause the countenance to fall; to abash; to intimidate; to disconcert.

Countenance [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To favor; to encourage by opinion or words.

2. The design was made known to the minister, but he said nothing to countenance it.

3. To aid; to support; to encourage; to abet; to vindicate; by any means.

4. Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Exodus 23:3 .

5. To encourage; to appear in defense.

6. He countenanced the landing in his long boat.

7. To make a show of.

8. Each to these ladies love did countenance

9. To keep an appearance.

Countenance [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

2. To make a show of; to pretend.

Countenanced [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Favored; encouraged; supported.

Countenanced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Countenancer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who countenances, favors or supports.

Countenancer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who countenances, favors, or supports.

Countenancing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Favoring; encouraging; supporting.

Countenancing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Counter [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; used chiefly with run or go; as, to run counter to the rules of virtue; he went counter to his own interest.

2. The wrong way; contrary to the right course.

3. Contrariwise; in a contrary manner.

4. The face, or at the face. [Not used.]

5. This word is prefixed to many others, chiefly verbs and nouns, expressing opposition.

Counter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A false piece of money or stamped metal, used as means of reckoning; any thing used to keep an account or reckoning, as in games.

2. Money, in contempt.

3. A table or board on which money is counted; a table on which goods in a shop are laid for examination by purchasers. In lieu of this, we sometimes see written the French comptoir, from compter, computo; but counter is the genuine orthography.

4. The name of certain prisons in London.

5. One that counts or reckons; also, an auditor.

6. Encounter. [Not used.]

7. In ships, an arch or vault, whose upper part is terminated by the bottom of the stern. The upper or second counter is above the former, but not vaulted.

8. COUNTER of a horse, that part of a horses forehand which lies between the shoulder and under the neck.

Counter [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

Counter [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

2. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

3. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

4. At or against the front or face.

5. The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

6. Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.

7. The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

8. The back leather or heel part of a boot.

Counter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An encounter.

Counter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

Counter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt.

4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

6. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

Counter brace Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

2. A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

Counter tenor Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.

Counter weight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A counterpoise.

Counter-attraction [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opposite attraction.

Counter-compony [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Compony.

Counter-couchant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

Counter-courant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Counter-dance [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

CONTRA-DANCE, COUNTER-DANCE noun A dance in which the partners are arranged in opposition, or in opposite lines.

Counter-evidence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opposite evidence; evidence or testimony which opposes other evidence.

Counter-influence [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To hinder by opposing influence. [Little used.]

Counter-motion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An opposite motion; a motion counteracting another.

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Genesis 4:5

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 4:6

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

Genesis 10:20

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

Genesis 10:30

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:8

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 14:7

And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 14:10

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 16:10

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 19:28

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Genesis 20:1

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Genesis 21:23

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

Genesis 24:4

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:62

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Genesis 25:6

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Genesis 26:3

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 26:4

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,