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Reckon

Reckon (reckon)
v. t.(r1913 webster dictionaryk"'n)
Reck"on
[imp. *** p. p. Reckoned (-'nd)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain] akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhan[uCode
  1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

    The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18.

    I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.

  2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

    He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37.

    For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton.

  3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

    Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9.

    Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne.

  4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
    [Prov. Eng. *** Colloq. U. S.]

    Syn. -- To number] enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.


Reckon

Reckon (reckon)
v. i.
Reck"on
  1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
    Shak.
  2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

    "Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall." Chaucer.

    To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." Bp. Sanderson. -- To reckon on or upon, to count or depend on. -- To reckon with, to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively.

    After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.

    -- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.














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