What does "reckon" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 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.
  2. 3.For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton.
  3. 4.To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv.
  4. 5.Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne.
  5. 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.] See Calculate, Guess.
  6. 7.To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak.
  7. 8.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.
  8. 9.-- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.

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