comptとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

compt (comparative more compt, superlative most compt)

1. (obsolete) neat; spruce
   • 1623, John Vicars, Æneid:

     A compt, accomplished prince.

語源 2

From French compte.

名詞

compt

1. (obsolete) account; reckoning; computation
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, かつ the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Your servants ever have theirs,/Themselves and what is theirs, in compt, /To make their audit at your highness' pleasure, /Still to return your own.

語源 3

From English comptroller.

名詞

compt

1. Alternative form of compt.

動詞

compt (三人称単数 現在形 compts, 現在分詞 compting, 過去形および過去分詞形 compted)

1. (obsolete) To compute; to count.
   • 1792, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page 340:

     For some were warded in the Pittie-vault, some set caution to remove from the town, after they had compted and reckoned for their tavernry with their mistresses; […]