When Romeo hears of Juliet's death from Balthasar, he reacts impulsively to the news, shouting, "I defy you, stars!" (V.i). He means to counteract fate by taking his own life.
Answer:
A. identify and count.
Quantify, by dictionary definition means "express or measure the quantity of." So, in more simple terms, it means to identify and count.
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