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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reckon  \Reck"on\,  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.  rahnjan),  and 
  to  E.  reck,  rake  an  implement;  the  original  sense  probably 
  being  to  bring  together,  count  together.  See  {Reck},  v.  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.] 
 
  Syn:  To  number;  enumerate;  compute;  calculate;  estimate; 
  value;  esteem;  account;  repute.  See  {Calculate}, 
  {Guess}. 

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