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}.
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.