Reckon \Reck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.]

[OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]

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. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.

1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically:
   (a) An account of time. --Sandys.
   (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.

Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. --South.

He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. --Macaulay.

2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.

A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. --Addison.

3. Esteem; account; estimation.

You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P. Sidney.

4. (Navigation)
   (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
   (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)