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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.]
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.
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.