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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Reckon

/(rĕk"'n)/ · Reck·on · IPA /ˈɹɛkən/
01 v. t. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
imp. & p. p. Reckoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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.
02 v. i. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  1. 1.
    To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  2. 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.
    “After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.” — Matt. xxv. 19.