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. [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.]
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Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn. [1913 Webster]
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. Esteem; account; estimation. [1913 Webster]
You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
reckoning
noun1: 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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