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Definition of Accounted
1. account [v] - See also: account
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accounted
Literary usage of Accounted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"Present distribution cannot be accounted for by differences in physical
conditions—Importance of barriers—Affinity of the productions of ihe same ..."
2. A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume, Thomas Hill Green (1874)
"... And even this not consistently accounted for. the beautiful, and that what is
beautiful is pleasant, than we did before. This admitted, Hume's Hedonism ..."
3. Food Safety: Overview of Federal and State Expenditures by Lawrence J. Dyckman, Keith Oleson (2001)
"FSIS' headquarters-based activities accounted for the remaining $98 million of
... Specifically: The Office of Management accounted for about $61.8 million, ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... his life to the intercession of Sir John Denham, who pleaded that 'so long as
Wither lived he [Denham] would not be accounted the worst poet in England. ..."