RECKON, v.t. rek'n. [L. rego, rectus, whence regnum, regno, Eng. to reign and right.]

1. To reason with one's self and conclude from arguments. I reckoned till morning, that as a lion, so will he break all my bones. – Is. xxxviii.
2. To charge to account; with on. I call posterity / Into the debt, and reckon on her head. – B. Jonson.
3. To pay a penalty; to be answerable; with for. If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for one day. – Sanderson.
4. To think; to suppose. – Mitford. To reckon with, to state an account with another, compare with his account, ascertain the amount of each and the balance which one owes to the other. In this manner the countrymen of New England who have mutual dealings, reckon with each other at the end of each year, or as often as they think fit. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. – Math. xxv. #2. To call to punishment. God suffers the most grievous sins of particular persons to go unpunished in this world, because his justice will have another opportunity to meet and reckon with them. – Tillotson. To reckon on or upon, to lay stress or dependence on. He reckons on the support of his friends.

1. To count; to number; that is, to tell the particulars. The priest shall reckon to him the money, according to the years that remain, even to the year of jubilee, and it shall be abated. – Lev. xxvii. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. – Addison.
2. To esteem; to account; to repute. – Rom. viii. For him I reckon not in high estate. – Milton.
3. To repute; to set in the number or rank of. He was reckoned among the transgressors. – Luke xxii.
4. To assign in an account. – Rom. iv.
5. To compute; to calculate. – Addison.

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 make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
   
   
   Shak.
3. 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.

4. 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.

   To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." Bp. Sanderson. -- To reckon on or upon, to count or depend on. -- To reckon with, to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively.

   After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.

   -- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.

5. 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.

6. 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.