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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
accompt .
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Examples
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On April 11, 1547, the Privy Council deputed Sir Edward Peckham, cofferer (treasurer) of King Edward's household, to distribute to each princess "the summe of oone cii, to be accompted as parcell of her Graces pencion to her allotted by the testament of our late Souveraine Lord."
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Tenne or twelue housholds are accompted for one fire, and so pay tribute but for one fire onely.
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One is accompted chiefe among the rest, with whom hee is oftener conuersant, then with the other.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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The slaughter of other people is accompted a matter of nothing with them.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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This city is accompted for traffique of marchandize the chiefe city of the world: for there is no kinde of victuals, nor anything else belonging vnto marchandize, which is not to be had there in great abundance.
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Our countrey also had, among many other, one man of excellent pietie whose name was Nialus, who about the yeere of Chnst 1000. liued in the village of Berthorshuol situate in the parish of Island called Landehum: who also for his experience in humane affaires, for his great wisedome and sage counsell was accompted famous.
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Bennet, accompted traitors vnto his Highnes, during the time of his displeasure.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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If there be any dearth (as they accompted this last yeere Anno 1588. wheat and rie being 13. alteens, or 5. shillings fiue pence starling the Chetfird) the fault is rather in the practise of their Nobilitie that vse to engrosse it, then in the Countrey it selfe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Christian intention, addresse themselues to wright: especially such as for desire of glory, for enuy and spight, or vpon malicious and affected ignorance, carpe at others: and that they may be accompted superiours, sometimes whette their stiles against the person, name and fame of this or that particular man, sometimes inueighing against a whole countrey, and by shamelesse vntrueths disgracing innocent nations and people.
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That it may be manifest, that among Christians their sonnes are more to be accompted of and regarded, then their dogges: and if any doe no otherwise esteeme of them, that they are no Christians.
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