v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting. ] [ OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n. ] 1. To go up; to ascend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little. [ 1913 Webster ]