1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing. This excellent man. . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.e was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. - Macaulay. I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages.