"compt" meaning in English

See compt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more compt [comparative], most compt [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin comptus, past participle of comere (“to care for, comb, arrange, adorn”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|comptus}} Latin comptus Head templates: {{en-adj}} compt (comparative more compt, superlative most compt)
  1. (obsolete) neat; spruce Tags: obsolete Derived forms: comptly
    Sense id: en-compt-en-adj-KEsd6e4X Categories (other): English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Variant of count. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} compt
  1. (obsolete) Account; reckoning; computation. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: comptible
    Sense id: en-compt-en-noun-8SVykE21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: From English comptroller. Etymology templates: {{m+|en|comptroller}} English comptroller Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} compt
  1. Alternative form of compt.. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: compt.
    Sense id: en-compt-en-noun-u40ux139 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 44 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 13 48 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 63 9 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: compts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compt (plural compts)
  1. Abbreviation of compliment Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: compliment
    Sense id: en-compt-en-noun-i-S1-6lr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

Forms: compts [present, singular, third-person], compting [participle, present], compted [participle, past], compted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} compt (third-person singular simple present compts, present participle compting, simple past and past participle compted)
  1. (obsolete) To compute; to count or consider. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-compt-en-verb-ZP5j1BjK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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