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Webster 1913 Edition

Reckon

Reck′on

(rĕk′’n)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reckoned
(rĕk′’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reckoning
.]
[OE.
rekenen
, AS.
gerecenian
to explain; akin to D.
rekenen
to reckon, G.
rechnen
, OHG.
rehhanōn
(cf. Goth.
rahnjan
), and to E.
reck
,
rake
an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See
Reck
,
Verb.
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
.

Reck′on

,
Verb.
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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Reckon

RECKON

,
Verb.
T.
rek'n. [L. rego, rectus, whence regnum, regno, Eng. to reign and right.]
1.
To count; to number; that is, to tell the particulars.
The priest shall reckon to him the money, according to the years that remain, even to the year of jubilee, and it shall be abated. Lev. 27.
I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.
2.
To esteem; to account; to repute. Rom. 8.
For him I reckon not in high estate.
3.
To repute; to set in the number or rank of.
He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke 22.
4.
To assign in an account. rom. 4.
5.
to compute; to calculate.

Definition 2024

reckon

reckon

English

Alternative forms

  • reckin (dialectal)
  • recken (obsolete)

Verb

reckon ‎(third-person singular simple present reckons, present participle reckoning, simple past and past participle reckoned)

  1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
    • ...then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain... --Lev. 27:18, King James Version.
    I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Joseph 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 23:37, King James Version
    • For him I reckon not in high estate. John Milton.
  3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
    • ...faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:9, King James Version.
    • Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause;
    • For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. --Romans 8:18, King James Version.
    • Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin... --Romans 6:11, King James Version
    • I reckon he won't try that again.
  5. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  6. 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.

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References

  • reckon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Etymology

From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian ‎(“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian ‎(“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną ‎(“to count, explain”), from Proto-Germanic *rekanaz ‎(“swift, ready, prompt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Cognate with Scots rekkin ‎(“to ennumerate, mention, narrate, rehearse, count, calculate, compute”), West Frisian rekkenje ‎(“to account, tally, calculate, figure”), Dutch rekenen ‎(“to count, calculate, reckon”), Low German rekenen ‎(“to reckon”), German rechnen ‎(“to count, reckon, calculate”), Swedish räkna ‎(“to count, calculate, reckon”), Icelandic reikna ‎(“to calculate”). See also reck, reach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛkən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən

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