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Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reckoned}
(r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reckoning}.] [OE. rekenen, AS.
gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G.
rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E.
reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being,
to bring together, count together. See {Reck}, v. t.]
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1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to
calculate.
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The priest shall reckon to him the money according
to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii.
18.
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I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the
outside of the church. --Addison.
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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.
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He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke
xxii. 37.
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For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton.
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3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a
certain quality or value.
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Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
--Rom. iv. 9.
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Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for
a crime. --Hawthorne.
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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.]
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Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
value; esteem; account; repute. See {Calculate},
{Guess}.
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Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i.
1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in
numbering or computing. --Shak.
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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.
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"Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall."
--Chaucer.
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{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} {To reckon upon}, to count or depend on; to
include as a factor within one's considerations.

{To reckon with},
(a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally
or figuratively.
(b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations;
to anticipate.
(c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with
raising three children as well as doing my job.
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After a long time the lord of those servants
cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv.
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{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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