He rang the bell and asked Barrymore whether he could account for our experience.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
But surely such an explanation as that would be quite inadequate to account for the deep and subtle scheming which seemed to be weaving an invisible net round the young baronet.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— to show what happened to (someone or something) : know where (something or someone) is
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Macmillan
— to be the reason why something exists or happens
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Other Word Forms
accounted for
accounting for
accounts for
Usage
2 uses of ‘account for’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle