Reckoned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reckoned}
     (r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reckoning}.] [OE. rekenen, AS.
     gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G.
     rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E.
     reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being,
     to bring together, count together. See {Reck}, v. t.]


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     1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to
        calculate.
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              The priest shall reckon to him the money according
              to the years that remain.             --Lev. xxvii.
                                                    18.
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              I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the
              outside of the church.                --Addison.
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     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.
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              He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke
                                                    xxii. 37.
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              For him I reckon not in high estate.  --Milton.
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     3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a
        certain quality or value.
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              Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
                                                    --Rom. iv. 9.
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              Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for
              a crime.                              --Hawthorne.
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     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.]
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     Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
          value; esteem; account; repute. See {Calculate},
          {Guess}.
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