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account of

account of verb: to esteem; to prize; to value.

Verb

account of (third-person singular simple present accounts of, present participle accounting of, simple past and past participle accounted of)

  1. (archaic, transitive, now usually passive voice) To esteem; to prize; to value.
    • Valentine. I mean that her beauty is exquisite, but her favour infinite. / Speed. That's because the one is painted, and the other out of all count. / Valentine. How painted? and how out of count? / Speed. Marry, sir, so painted, to make her fair, that no man counts of her beauty. / Valentine. How...1591, William Shakespeare, edited by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, published 1921, page 17
    • Never was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century.1863, Rev. Canon Robinson, “Sermons and Preaching”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume VII, page 410

Forms of account of

third-person singular presentaccounts of
present participleaccounting of
past participleaccounted of
pastaccounted of

Questions about account of

What does account of mean?
Account of means to esteem; to prize; to value.
What part of speech is account of?
Account of is a verb.
What is the past tense of account of?
The past tense of account of is accounted of.

Words near account of in the dictionary

  1. account manager
  2. account managers
  3. account men
  4. account number
  5. account numbers
  6. account of
  7. account payable
  8. account receivable
  9. account statement
  10. account statements
  11. account to

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