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, v. 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.
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 or upon, to count or depend on. -- To reckon with, to
settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively.
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.
Reck"on*er (-r), n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of
calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Reckoners without their host must reckon twice.
Camden.
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.
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make
reckonings even is to make them often.
South.
He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and
memorable reckoning had arrived.
Macaulay.