Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reckon"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reckon \Reck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reckoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reckoning}.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain;
akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and
to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably
being, to bring together, count together. See {Reck}, v. t.]
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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reckon
v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a
bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the
kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her
up" [syn: {think}, {opine}, {suppose}, {imagine}, {guess}]
2: judge to be probable [syn: {calculate}, {estimate}, {count
on}, {figure}, {forecast}]
3: consider or deem to be; regard; "She views this quite
differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I
don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
[syn: {see}, {consider}, {view}, {regard}]
4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate},
{cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out}, {figure}]
5: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help
you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You
can bet on that!" "Depend on your family in times of
crisis" [syn: {count}, {bet}, {depend}, {look}, {calculate}]
6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
"Count on the monsoon" [syn: {count}]


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