Reckon

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Reckoned (rĕk"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.]
	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.
v. i.	1.	To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
	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." To reckon for to answer for; to pay the account for. To reckon on to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations. - Bp. Sanderson. To reckon with a - to settle accounts or claims with; - used literally or figuratively. b - to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. c - to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. - Matt. xxv. 19.

Verb	1.	reckon - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think
	2.	reckon - judge to be probable Synonyms: count on, figure, forecast, estimate, calculate
	3.	reckon - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" Synonyms: consider, regard, view, see
	4.	reckon - make a mathematical calculation or computation Synonyms: compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, work out
	5.	reckon - have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" Synonyms: depend, bet, calculate, count, look
	6.	reckon - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" Synonyms: count

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