From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under {Dead}); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to {observation}.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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{To be out of her reckoning}, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
{day of reckoning} the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reckoning
n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn:
{calculation}, {computation}, {figuring}, {reckoning}]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: {reckoning}, {tally}]
3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
"the counting continued for several hours" [syn: {count},
{counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration}, {reckoning},
{tally}]
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