Account, subst. (in F1 13 times accompt, 17 times account) 1) reckoning: tell o'er the sad a. of “fore-bemoaned moan,” Sonn. 30, 11. “upon remainder of a dear a.” R2 I, 1, 130. H4B I, 1, 167. H4B I, 1, 167. H6B IV, 2, 93 “(to cast a.)” R3 V, 3, 11. Rom. I, 5, 120. Tim. II, 2, 142. “a beggarly a. of empty boxes,” Rom. V, 1, 45 (== store).
2) computation: “at your hand the a. of hours to crave,” Sonn. 58, 3 (cf. def. 4). “then in the number let me pass untold, though in thy stores' a. I one must be,” 136, 10. “our compelled sins stand more for number than for a.” Meas. II, 4, 58 (are rather numbered than put to our score; cf. def. 4). “our duty is so rich, so infinite, that we may do it still without a.” LLL V, 2, 200. “in virtues, beauties, livings, friends, exceed a.” Merch. III, 2, 159. Wint. II, 3, 198. H4A III, 2, 176. H6C III, 1, 35. H8 III, 2, 210. Tim. II, 2, 3. Oth. I, 3, 5.
3) estimation: “no truth of such a.” Sonn. 62, 6. “to stand high in your a.” Merch. III, 2, 157. “when you were in place and in a. nothing so strong and fortunate as I,” H4A V, 1, 37. “his achievements of no less a.” H6A II, 3, 8. “make high a. of you,” R3 III, 2, 71. “no dearer in my a.” Lr. I, 1, 21.
4) explanation given to a superior, answering for conduct (see above Sonn. 58, 3 and Meas. II, 4, 58): “to make an a. of her life to . . .,” Ado II, 1, 65 (Ff to make a.). “to render an a.” IV, 1, 338. “my a. I well may give,” Wint. IV, 3, 21. “when the last a. 'twixt heaven and earth is to be made,” John IV, 2, 216. “I will call him to so strict a.” H4A III, 2, 149. “he shall come to his a.” Cor. IV, 7, 18. “whene'er we come to our a.” Cor. IV, 7, 18 “none can call our power to a.” Mcb. V, 1, 43. “sent to my a.” Hml. I, 5, 78.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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