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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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. [1913 Webster] The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. [1913 Webster] I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. [1913 Webster] For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. [1913 Webster] Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. [1913 Webster] Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See {Calculate}, {Guess}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] "Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {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} {To reckon upon}, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations. {To reckon with}, (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job. [1913 Webster +PJC] After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv. 19. [1913 Webster] {To reckon without one's host}, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {reckon}, {guess}] 2: judge to be probable [syn: {calculate}, {estimate}, {reckon}, {count on}, {figure}, {forecast}] 3: deem to be; "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}, {reckon}, {view}, {regard}] 4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate}, {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out}, {reckon}, {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}, {reckon}] 6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: {reckon}, {count}]