a. Obs. rare. [Aphetic for ACCOUNTANT; cf. also F. contant, comptant, pr. pple. of conter to COUNT.] Giving or liable to give account; = ACCOUNTANT.
1638. Heywood, Rape Lucrece, Wks. 1874, V. 167. He … deposd My father in my swathed infancy, For which he shall be countant.
