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reckoned for

reckoned for is the simple past and past participle of reckon for.

Meaning of reckon for

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To answer for; to pay the account for.
    • If they fail in any part of their bounden duty, they shall be sure to reckon for it one day.1634, Bp. Robert Sanderson, “Ad Clerum”, in Thirty-four Sermons, page 77
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, for.

Questions about reckoned for

What is reckoned for the simple past and past participle of?
Reckoned for is the simple past and past participle of reckon for.

Words near reckoned for in the dictionary

  1. reckon without
  2. reckon without one's host
  3. reckon'd
  4. reckonable
  5. reckoned
  6. reckoned for
  7. reckoned on
  8. reckoned out
  9. reckoned up
  10. reckoned upon
  11. reckoned with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reckoned for (page history and authors); reckon for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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