To account of

To account of
Account Ac*count", v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. [1913 Webster]

2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. [1913 Webster]

3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. [1913 Webster]

{To account of}, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. ``I account of her beauty.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. --Canon Robinson. [1913 Webster]


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