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Webster 1913 Edition


Compt

Compt

(kount, formerly kŏmt; 215)
,
Noun.
[F.
compte
. See
Count
an account.]
Account; reckoning; computation.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Compt

,
Verb.
T.
[F.
compter
. See
Count
,
Verb.
T.
]
To compute; to count.
[Obs.]
See
Count
.

Compt

,
Adj.
[L.
comptus
, p. p. of
comere
to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.]
Neat; spruce.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compt

COMPT

,
Noun.
Account; computation.

COMPT

,
Verb.
T.
To compute. [See Count.]

COMPT

,
Adj.
[L.] Neat; spruce. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


compt

compt

English

Adjective

compt (comparative more compt, superlative most compt)

  1. (obsolete) neat; spruce
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)

Etymology 2

From French compte.

Noun

compt

  1. (obsolete) account; reckoning; computation
    • 1608, William Shakespeare, Macbeth:
      Your servants ever have theirs,/Themselves and what is theirs, in compt, /To make their audit at your highness' pleasure, /Still to return your own.

Verb

compt (third-person singular simple present compts, present participle compting, simple past and past participle compted)

  1. (obsolete) To compute; to count.