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Reckon

//ˈɹɛkən//

Definitions

verbreckons · reckoning · reckoned

1
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain
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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.
He was reckoned among the transgressors
3
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
[…] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
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value rate esteem

nounreckons

1
An impression or opinion.
Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?'
2
Alternative form of rackan (“chain”).

Word Origin

From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian (“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”)...

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