n. [ F. compte. See Count an account. ] Account; reckoning; computation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. compter. See Count, v. t. ] To compute; to count. [ Obs. ]
a. [ L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn. ] Neat; spruce. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A counter. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ F. ] A report of an officer or agent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Compt, v. t. ] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Neatly. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. compter to count + -graph. ] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum. An older term for an adding machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
n. [ See Count; -meter. ] A calculating machine; an arithmometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. & v. See Control. [ 1913 Webster ]