recken

Verb

reckon (third-person singular simple present reckons, present participle reckoning, simple past and past participle reckoned)

1. (Commonwealth) To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
   • then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 27:18

   Synonyms:

   number, enumerate, calculate, compute

2. (Commonwealth) 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 transgressors1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:12
3. (Commonwealth) To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
   • […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 4:9

   Synonyms:

   value, rate, esteem

4. (Commonwealth, colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
   • I reckon he won't try that again.

   Synonyms:

   think, believe, guess, suppose, esteem, figure

5. (Commonwealth) To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e. to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
   • There are hardships that nobody reckons;
     There are valleys unpeopled and still;
     There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons,
     And I want to go back—and I will.1907, Robert W. Service, The Spell of the Yukon
6. (Commonwealth, intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.

   Synonyms:

   enumerate, compute

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