Reck"on (r&ebreve;k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhanōn (cf. Goth. 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.

I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.

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.

For him I reckon not in high estate.

3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.

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.

Reck"on, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak.

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."

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

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• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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. Syn. -- To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute.
  
• (intransitive): To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  
• 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 ∨ 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.