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   Reckon , 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. rehhanōn (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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   Reckon, v. i.
   To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   “Parfay,” sayst thou, “sometime he reckon shall.”
   Chaucer.
   
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   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. 
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   After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
   Matt. xxv. 19.
   
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   -- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
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