[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

count \count\ kount, v. t. imp.  p. p. counted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. counting. of. conter, and later etymological
   spelling compter, in modern french thus distinguished;
   conter to relate cf. recount, account, compter to
   count; fr. l. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to
   reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. see pure,
   and cf. compute.
   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.
      1913 webster

            who can count the dust of jacob?      --num. xxiii.
                                                  10.
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            in a journey of forty miles, avaux counted only
            three miserable cabins.               --macaulay.
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   2. to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider
      or esteem as belonging.
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            abracham believed god, and it was counted unto him
            for righteousness.                    --rom. iv. 3.
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   3. to esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or
      consider.
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            i count myself in nothing else so happy
            as in a soul remembering my good friends. --shak.
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   to count out.
      a to exclude one from consideration; to be assured
          that one will not participate or cannot be depended
          upon.
      b house of commons to declare adjourned, as a sitting
          of the house, when it is ascertained that a quorum is
          not present.
      c to prevent the accession of a person to office, by a
          fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said
          of a candidate really elected. colloq.

   syn: to calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. see
        calculate.
        1913 webster
see also:
counted counting recount account pure compute 
to count out calculate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

counting
     n : the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
         hours" syn: count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
          tally
see also:
count numeration enumeration reckoning tally 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "counting":
   accounting, assimilating, census, comprising, containing, covering,
   dactylonomy, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing,
   enumeration, envisaging, foliation, including, inclusive,
   incorporating, inventorying, measurement, numbering, numeration,
   pagination, quantification, quantization, tallying, telling

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