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reckonn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Probably also partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Cognate with Old Icelandic rekendi , also rekendr (plural) chain, Old High German rahhenza , rahhinza fetter, shackle, chain, perhaps < the same Germanic base as rack n.1 (perhaps compare also Middle Dutch reecx chain (Dutch reeks )); in later use (as indicated by forms with e in the first syllable) probably also partly a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic rekendi ). Compare rakenteie n.In ε. forms showing remodelling as a result of folk-etymological association with reek n.1 and iron n.1 In later use English regional ( northern). Now historical. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > chain α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Otho) xvi. 37 Þæt [he] wearð [gebunden mid hira] racentum [L. uictorum catenis]. OE 43 Feower awyrgde englas..hine hæfdon geþreatodne mid fyrenum racentum. c1400 (?c1380) l. 188 Þer Ragnel in his rakentes hym rere of his dremes! c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 5128 I drysse ȝow here..twa hundret & ten..Of rekanthes of rede gold. 1453 in J. Raine (1855) II. 165 (MED) Johannæ Grafton j rakand. 1457 (?c1300) (Naples) 1636 Þe jailers liggen bothe dede & Beues liþ bounde in rakende [c1330 Auch. rakenteie]. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > bar or chain for hanging α. 1400 in J. Raine (1836) I. 268 Unum recawnt de catenis ferreis. 1454 in J. Raine (1855) II. 194 j rekand de ferro. 1485 in J. Raine (1865) III. 300 j pare of coberdis, ij potte-hyngyls, j racand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reckonn.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reckon v. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Now rare. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > act(s) of 1902 29 Dec. 6/1 ‘I reckon he'll do.’ ‘Ye reckon he will do, hey?’ ‘I do, sir.’ ‘Well, ye've got another reckon. Reckon again’. 1905 19 Feb. 4/2 ‘Well I reckon you'll have to come with me Cunniff’ said the sheriff... ‘Maybe you've got another reckon comin'’ said Cunniff. 1928 R. Bradford 206 ‘Well,’ say Job, ‘de Lawd give me dese carbuncles, and he give me dis house, so I reckon I'll stay round some.’ ‘You got another reckon comin',’ say Miz Job. 1949 F. Sargeson vii. 57 He reckons he's going to... Then he'd better go and have another reckon, the girl said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reckonv. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian rekenia , reknia to calculate, reckon up, to distribute, to say, Middle Dutch rēkenen , reeckenen to set right, put in order, to settle, square up, to charge, to manage (money), to calculate, to say, to include (Dutch rekenen ), Middle Low German rēkenen , reknen , rēken , recken to count, calculate, reckon up, to include, take account of, to assess, evaluate, to think, judge, to say, Old High German rehhanōn , rehhenōn to arrange, prepare (Middle High German rechenen to count, reckon up, German rechnen ) < the same Germanic base as reken adj. (and hence ultimately < the same base as right adj. and probably also rech v.). Compare ( < Middle Low German) Old Icelandic (in late sources) reikna, Old Swedish räkna (Swedish räkna), Old Danish regnæ, reknæ (Danish regne). †1. the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] OE 526 Run bið gerecenod, ræd forð gæð, hafað wislicu word on fæðme. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1940) l. 483 (MED) Hwenne schuld ich al habben irikenet [a1250 Titus irekened] þet springeð bituhe þeo þe þus beoð iȝederet? c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1938) 10 (MED) For ne mei na muð for wrecchedom ne for wa rikenin [a1250 Titus rekenen] hit ne tellen. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 3179 (MED) Sche..rapli gan a-way renne, to reken þe soþe. c1390 (?c1350) (1871) l. 76 (MED) Þat tyme..þis reson bi-gon þat I schal now rikenen. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 4124 (MED) Þen ferd þai furth..Euyn to þe heued of Eumaure, as I first rekend. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 33 Rekened to me that he was myn eme whenne I herde hym thenne rekene allyance we becomen felaws whiche I may wel repente. 1530 J. Palsgrave 684/1 I wyll reken all the mater to hym as it vas. 1586 A. Day i. sig. F2v To recken vnto you since, how hee came into the country here,..what shuld I clogge my self. 1665 T. Stanley tr. Ælian xxi. 236 I will reckon to you the names of Greek Wines much esteemed by the Ancients. the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (transitive)] c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 90 (MED) Eche man scholde conne hy [sc. the Decalogue] And rekeny wel y-lome. c1390 (?c1350) (1871) l. 629 (MED) He tolde hire [the Creed] a-non trewely him-seluen, And heo rikenede a-ȝeyn radly and sone, Also redili as he. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 4931 Þe renke..rekind þir wordis: ‘Haile, Alexander!’ 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen 31 That is noth aneucht that ony reid the creid or rekin ye articulis contenit in it x or xii timis apone ye day. 1621 (S.T.S.) 174 Sum mumlit Auies, sum raknit [1567 craknit] Creidis. the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention c1390 (Vernon) (1950) 64 Makyng þat I ne wot what I may siggen ne rikene þeronne. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 157 Of manyon he reknes & sayes, both of Troiens & of Gregeis. a1425 (a1325) (Galba) l. 29432 (MED) Here haue I rekkind [a1400 Vesp. tald] of sere thing þat men falles fore in cursing. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 150 (MED) Slik care kindils in his curte..Þat it ware tere any tonge of þar tene to reken. the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 387 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 140 Þe firste of þame, to rekine now, Is [etc.]. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vi. ix. 143 Quhat suld I rekin [L. quid memorem] thai peple of Thessaly, That Lapithas ar hait..? 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 352/2 Belieue me not if any man can reken a place where euer he founde it otherwyse. 1596 E. Spenser iv. x. sig. I8 Cast into sundry shapes by wondrous skill, That like on earth no where I recken may. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Locke 20 Money may be considered as in the hands of the Consumer, under which Name I here reckon the Merchant who buys the Commodity, when made, to export. 2. society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > count or weigh out in payment OE Will of Bp. Ælfric (Sawyer 1489) in D. Whitelock (1930) 72 Recna man iungere Brun an marc gol. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 3287 Forr to lokenn. Hu mikell fehh he mihhte..sammnenn. Þurrh þatt himm shollde off illc an mann An pening wurrþenn reccnedd. c1440 (?a1400) 3587 (MED) Resaywe the rentis of Rome qwen þay are rekkenede. 1713 tr. in R. Steele No. 17 There is an honest Man..who has often said he would marry her with Two Hundred Pounds. The Knight ordered his Man to reckon out that Sum. 1833 A. Picken ii. xi. 259 Arnwood reckoned out the amount, while Johnston stood petrified with astonishment and horror. b. transitive. To count, so as to ascertain the amount or number of; to determine (a number, sum, quantity, etc.) by counting or calculation; to calculate, work out. Also with out. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 159 His eskebach fareð abuten esken..& makeð þer in figures of augrim, as þeose rikeneres doð þe habbeð muche to rikenen [c1230 Corpus Cambr. rikenin, a1250 Titus recnen]. a1325 Judas Iscariot (Corpus Cambr.) 17 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 693 (MED) Þis wyf rikenede þe time & suþþe heo gan ywyte, & heo velede þat heo was mid chylde. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 216 How longe tyme wol ye rekene and caste Youre sommes. c1425 (?a1400) (Longleat 55) 410 (MED) Fowre hunderd þowsand An hundred & foure & twenty, Thus herawdes dude ham rekeny. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. 1729 (MED) They rekoned the goodis that to hem wolde fall; And whan they hadde rekoned, scored, and accompted Hoolly al his money..To xxx li. than his goodis amounted. 1530 J. Palsgrave 684/1 I shall reken it syxe tymes by aulgorisme, or you can caste it ones by counters. 1604 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 121 O deere Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers, I haue not art to recken my grones. View more context for this quotation 1633 T. Adams (iii. 10) 1307 A woman reckons out her nine moneths, and can guesse neare to the day of her comming. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 36 They Divine with Beans, which they put together without reckoning them. 1753 J. Hanway II. xxxv. 218 The par is reckoned 125 Saxon dollars for 100 rix dollars current in Amsterdam. 1833 H. Martineau (ed. 3) iv. 46 But I can't reckon it; will you?—Eleven pounds and sixpence, is it? 1845 C. J. Lever xliv. 360 Mark..pointed straight out to sea, where now seven sail [sic] could be distinctly reckoned. 1920 D. H. Lawrence v. 61 Art—music—London Bohemia—the most pettifogging calculating Bohemia that ever reckoned its pennies. 1988 M. Seymour i. 26 As a woman who reckoned every halfpenny spent in the house, she was horrified by Cara's airy disregard for economy. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iii. 64 (MED) I beginne To rekne with miself withinne How many yeres ben agon Siththe I have trewly loved on. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 139 Now may men wel rekene [Fr. assoumer] how much þat it amounteth. 1569 R. Grafton II. 289 He is now looking on your crownes..to recken if he haue his whole some or no. 1668 J. Flavell 63 Antigonus over-heard his souldiers reckoning how many their enemies were. 1770 W. Emerson 118 Reckon how many times 15 degrees is contained between that point and the horizon. 1825 Oct. 468 Let a man reckon whether many are not taxed twice as much by their folly..as they are by government. 1860 July 257 He used anxiously to reckon whether the millenium would come in his life-time. 1905 L. Woolf 13 Aug. (1990) 99 I have to help to see that King's House is prepared for him, to reckon out how many fishknives & pillow cases & pos he wants. 1974 G. Ryga (new ed.) viii. 128 I looked around, trying to reckon how far we'd walked before I blanked. 2007 (Nexis) 5 Jan. 20 Historians can reckon how much Scotland lost through not controlling the North Sea windfall. the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > mathematize [verb (intransitive)] > calculate or solve mathematical problem 1340 (1866) 35 (MED) Hi wylleþ rekeny tuyes oþer þries þet yer, uor to do arise þet gauel. a1450 ( G. Chaucer (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 436 Þouȝ argus þe noble countour..rekene with his figurs ten..Ȝit shuld he faile to rekyn euen Þe wondirs me met. 1530 J. Palsgrave 684/1 I holde you a grote you have reckened false. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 221 Wee haue French Quarrels enow, if you could tell how to reckon . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Potter I. i. i. 3 Meursius reckons to the number of forty Plantations peopl'd by Athenians. 1777 W. Robertson I. iv. 311 The Cherokee..can reckon only as far as a hundred. 1823 J. Galt I. xxv. 280 You do not reckon well. 1840 F. Marryat i. 3 My father always reckoned in this way. 1857 J. Sibree tr. G. W. F. Hegel i. i. 143 As to Mathematics, they understand well enough how to reckon, but the higher aspect of the science is unknown. 1947 D. Davidson xxiii. 308 He extended all the fingers of his left hand and began to enumerate points on them as though reckoning on an abacus. 1995 M. Z. Bradley xvii. 168 She reckoned on her fingers. the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] a1513 R. Fabyan (1533) vii. ccxxxv. f. clxiiv He reygned, to reken from his faders deth to his owne, vppon .xliii. yeres. 1540 in (1888) App. xii. 239 The same half yere accompted and reconned, fromme Michaelmas last paste. 1651 T. Hobbes iii. xxxviii. 240 Death is reckoned from the Condemnation of Adam. 1669 S. Sturmy ii. ix. 74 The North Point of the Nocturnal is the first Point you reckon from,..and so reckon forward North and by East. 1698 J. Fryer 153 Which makes the Mouth of the Bay to be reckoned from the Head-lands or Out-guards, some Three Leagues over. 1718 H. Prideaux II. ix. 665 If we reckon it from the Actiac Victory, his reign will then be forty four years wanting fourteen days. 1774 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams (1876) 24 I shall reckon over every week as they pass, and rejoice at every Saturday evening. 1868 J. N. Lockyer vii. 264 Declination is reckoned N. or S. of the plane of the earth's equator. 1895 Nov. 33 The kelper's year may be reckoned from mid November. 1949 A. C. Walshaw (ed. 3) vi. 115 Heat and energy are reckoned from 32° F. as the datum of temperature. 2005 L. Holford-Strevens vii. 118 The Prophet Muhammad's hijra or departure from Mecca to Medina, from which the Muslim era is reckoned. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > take the measure of ?1537 in tr. Erasmus sig. Aiiii How many kyndes of diseases, whiche Plinie writteth were rekened vp in olde tyme iii.hondreth by their names. 1581 W. Fulke viii. 450 Not regarding what Ambrose or Augustine hath written, who..had not the charge to reckon vp how many Sacramentes there are. 1647 J. Cleveland (1677) 108 It would tire a Welshman to reckon up how many Aps 'tis removed from an Annal. a1682 Sir T. Browne (1690) 9 If we reckon up only those days which God hath accepted of our Lives, a Life of good Years will hardly be a span long. 1706 (new ed.) at Poll vb. To take a Poll, to set down the Names and reckon up the Number of Persons concern'd in an Election. 1760 L. Sterne I. xii. 63 When thou viewest him in that light too, and reckons up his friends, his family, his kindred, and allies. 1836 F. Marryat I. viii. 91 To reckon up their means—that is, to count the money which they may have in their pockets. 1853 C. Dickens liv. 515 The deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn employed me to reckon up her Ladyship—if you'll excuse my making use of the term we commonly employ—and I reckoned her up, so far, completely. 1888 21 June 4/1 I have not reckoned it up; altogether, perhaps, my income is £5,000 or £6,000 a year. 1928 E. Sidgwick i. 10 Now she looked twice at Edith, reckoning her up. 1952 T. Armstrong viii. 277 In the shop Old Hannah was reckoning up the monthly bill of a woman. 2002 S. Waters xiii. 409 John throws the dice again, and reckons up his score, before he rises. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal (new ed.) IV. ix. 468 The most important of these rich governments is..Minas Geraes. It reckons thirty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-eight white men, [etc.]. 1842 22 Jan. 33/2 The Alikhoolip tribe, which reckons four hundred adults, are superior to the Tekeenicas. 1850 Nov. 519/1 The Prussian army now reckons three hundred thousand men. 1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxv, in May 454 He marched [them] into the camp before his own troop, which did not reckon nearly so many. 1943 D. Burton tr. S. A. Hedin II. ix. 74 Barun Sunit Wang's army reckoned a thousand soldiers, while Durbet Wang had only three hundred. 3. society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 11217 Maþþeow..biginneþþ cristess kinn. To reccnenn. & to rimenn. Att abraham. & reccneþþ aȝȝ. Dunnwarrd fra mann to manne. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 156 Alle sunnen sunderliche. bihare nomeliche nomen ne machte nanmon Rikenen. c1300 St. Mathias (Laud) 17 in C. Horstmann (1887) 390 (MED) He helde also þat sike weren: ne may no man rikeni [a1325 Corpus Cambr. rekeni] alle. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 130 Þise propertees and many oþir matiere haþ, and hit wore to longe to rekene [L. recitare] hem alle on rewe. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. i. 22 Þre þinges..And rekne [v.rr. rekkene, rekenen, rykene] hem in resoun [c1400 C text rekene hem by rewe]; reherse þou hem þeraftir. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1075 Festes, Instrumentz, caroles, daunces Lust and array and alle the circumstaunces Of loue whiche þt I rekned [v.rr. rekned haue; reken, rekened] and rekne shal By ordre weren peynted on the wal. a1450 (1978) 87 (MED) Sum haueþ betur here þan summe as I haue herde telle..Mylkewhite..yren-graye, & oþer many hewes þat buþ not to rekne. 1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c Now wil I rekkin the renkis of the round tabill. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen 3 Thay reknit mony foul and abhominabil sinnis..the quhilk mony guyd men..kneu neuer of befor. 1611 J. Melville Dream in D. Laing (1853) 2nd Ser. ii. 2 I heare there is ane English Dean..Who moved hes the King to much of spleen, Saying he could not racken all the best. 1664 J. Evelyn vii. §1 The Chesnut of which Pliny reckons many kinds. 1796 in T. Pennant 300 If I should go about to reckon all the famous men descended of him, it would require more time than I can well spare. 1835 A. T. Malkin IV. 32 It would be useless to reckon all the labours of this part of his life. 1853 M. A. Sadlier tr. F. de Ligny xvii. 141 (note) It would be troublesome to reckon all the errors which have been built upon this maxim. 1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry ii. ii. 236 It would be impossible to reckon all the instances of this kind. society > communication > record > list > [verb (intransitive)] c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 440 in C. Horstmann (1887) 312 Of Saturnus so is satur-day, and sonen-day of þe sonne, And of þe Mone Monen-day, ȝif ȝe wel rikeni konne. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 1101 (MED) After Virgo to reknen evene Libra sit in the nombre of sevene. 1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii He his the riallest roy..Of all the rentaris to ryme or rekin on raw. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) II. 708 Mony mo than I will heir report, To reckin heir becaus the tyme is schort. society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 2 Clannesse who so kyndly cowþe comende, And rekken up alle þe resounz þat ho by riȝt askez. c1450 in T. Wright (1861) II. 228 Pite for to here the people complayne And riken up the ragmanne of the hole rowte. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in 336 [He] reckoneth vpp by name diuerse Gentlemen, with whome he was in fauour. 1638 F. Junius 105 I shall reckon up only such authors whose records..are lost and gone. 1694 W. Wotton (1697) 410 France could reckon up Des Cartes, Mersennus, Fermat, and Gassendi. 1702 N. Rowe Ded. When they shall reckon up his Labours from the Battle of Seneff. 1764 J. Otis 24 Editions so late as 1750, speak of the British plantations abroad as consisting chiefly of islands; and they are reckoned up in some of them in this order. 1819 W. Scott II. vii. 104 For my conscience, a man that has slain three hundred Saracens, need not reckon up every little failing, like a village girl at her first confession upon Good Friday eve. 1846 H. W. Torrens 355 In 1585, a pamphlet was addressed to..[the] Mayor of London, reckoning over the advantages of a marching watch for the city. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze 477 It would be mere trifling to reckon up reactions of a third and fourth order. 1991 R. Kee (BNC) 53 I began to reckon up the people whom I knew to be prisoners. †4. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > explain [verb (intransitive)] > give account of a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 2 (MED) Hwan ich hier-of rekeni schal, wel sore me mei drede. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5984 Fadirs and modirs sal rekken þat tyde, Of þair sons and þair doghtirs unchastide. a1475 (a1376) W. Langland (Harl. 875) (1867) A. ii. l. 96 Ȝe schule abygge it bothe..At oo ȝeris ende whan ȝe reken schul. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 89 We muste haue as they had, and worse, for we haue receyued more to reken for. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys xx. 345 Christ is comming in the cloudes, all fleshe shall rise and recken. a1707 S. Patrick in (1858) VII. 532 We have one day less to live, and one day more to reckon for. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in 3rd Ser. I. 100 I must reckon then for many things, and will reckon for this also. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > explain [verb (intransitive)] 1674 N. Fairfax 153 We can give no reason why a Fool should rise more Mathematically from a seat, than the wisest man can fully reckon for. the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > deal with finally or decisively society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (intransitive)] > go over accounts c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 6575 Let me in pes sitte, Oþer bi þe fey ich owe to god, icholle rekeni [a1400 Trin. Cambr.v.rr. rikeni, rekyn the] mitte. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 336 (MED) Prestely for pore men profer þe euer, For hem to rekene wiþ þe riche in riȝt & in skille. c1450 (?a1400) (1880) 1517 (MED) No sarazene solde come owte To þay had rekkenede with þat rowte. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 460 Erar he wald bid chalans off his king Than with Wallace to rakyn for sic a thing. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif (1880) 425 Þis lord wole rikene wiþ þes seruauntis fully. 1552 (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. O.iv Euery Parishioner shal reken with his Person; Vicare, or Curate. 1572 J. Higgins (rev. ed.) To recken together, or to come to reckening, conferre rationes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. xi. 27 We shall not spend a large expence of time, Before we reckon with your seuerall loues. View more context for this quotation 1624 H. Best (1984) 20 July 175 Reckoned with Leonard Goodale and paid him for his mowing. 1677 D. Gookin in (1836) 2 443 Hearing of the war, they reckoned with their master, and getting their wages, conveyed themselves away without his privity. 1714 J. Swift 5 Reckon with my Washerwoman; making her allow for old Shirts, Socks, Dabbs and Markees, which she bought of me. 1785 W. Cowper vi. 606 God..Will reckon with us roundly for the abuse. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in III. 214 The blame rests not with thee, but with those with whom..I hope to reckon roundly. 1862 J. M. Rymer II. clxxviii. 219/2 Peace! I will reckon with you yet. 1913 W. Tudor Jones tr. R. Eucken 340 Man, they say, dare not reckon with God, whose decrees far overreach all human knowledge. 6. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as 1340 (1866) 214 (MED) Al þane time þet þou ne þengst naȝt a god, þou hise sselt rekeni [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues holde] uor naȝt. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 367 Yet perchestow and seist an hateful wyf Yrekened [v.rr. I-rekenede, Yreckned] is for oon of thise myschaunces. c1440 (?a1400) 2334 They schouen thes schalkes schappely there-aftyre, To rekken theis Romaynes recreaunt and ȝolden. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif (1880) 432 (MED) Seynt poul biddiþ to tymothe and rikeneþ hym silf as o man to whiche þat he spekiþ to. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) vii. 16 I reken our wyage to be a daungerous passage. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin iii. f. 192 He reckeneth repentance and fayth as two diuerse thinges. 1603 G. Owen (1891) 244 This is reconned for a strange and rare thinge. 1658 O. Cromwell Speech 25 Jan. in (1947) (modernized text) IV. 716 A thing, so far from being reckoned a suggestion to any ill end. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 39 They reckon Women with big black Eyes, and red Cheeks, to be the greatest Beauties. 1712 R. Steele No. 422. ⁋6 Fortius would have been reckon'd a Wit, if there had never been a Fool in the World. 1748 H. Walpole Let. 18 May in (1941) IX. 56 The Princess of Wales has got a confirmed jaundice, but they reckon her much better. 1764 E. Gibbon (1814) IV. 354 I reckon for nothing the researches of a Coyer. 1833 L. Ritchie 117 Here..we reckon the women to be among the prettiest in France. c1850 (Rtldg.) 181 He was reckoned one of the richest merchants in the city. 1870 J. Yeats 108 Quite a fourth of the soil is reckoned as unproductive. 1939 Nov. 62/2 A full year is reckoned as essential for making a civilian into a good soldier. 1995 7 Jan. 16/5 High Tory grandees have reckoned the Hanoverians vulgar ever since they came over. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 38/2 Ye se their youthe, of whiche I recken the onely suretie to reste in youre concord. 1567 J. Maplet ii. f. 47v Plinie sayth, that the onely shadow of this sleath and killeth Serpents: and therefore his fruit is reckned to be a remedie against poyson. 1707 J. Mortimer 33 Ray-Grass..is reckoned to grow on any Land, but chiefly in Cold sour Clays, and weeping Grounds. 1732 J. Arbuthnot i. 249 It [sc. lettuce] is reckoned to increase milk. 1838 F. Shoberl tr. M. A. Thiers IV. 516 He reckoned him to have forty-five thousand men. 1852 H. B. Stowe I. i. 20 I believe I'm reckoned to bring in about the finest droves of niggers that is brought in. 1929 U. B. Phillips 25 Three hundred [black people] were reckoned to dwell among fifteen thousand whites at the middle of the century. 1997 14 July 13/2 Nearly seven years ago, Sheen strong-armed Charlie into a rehabilitation hospital for cocaine addiction, and is reckoned to have saved his life. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > estimate by calculation 1549 W. Thomas f. 11 Peter the apostle came to Rome, and there continued .xxv. yeres after. Whiche other some doe disallow..that reckenyng the time it was impossible Peter should liue so longe after Christes passion. 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 351v We set owre course east..rekenynge owre selues .xxxvi. leaques from the coast of Guinea. 1632 W. Lithgow x. 456 [This] I reckon to be foure hundred and fifty English miles. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 5 in T. Nourse (ed. 3) Water, or New-Castle or Sunderland Measure,..is generally reckoned double the Measure of a London Chaldron, or more. 1745 P. Thomas 343 They reckon that this..Work will be finish'd in about fifty Years. 1781 W. Cowper 4 Oct. (1979) I. 526 I reckon my volume will consist of about 8000—lines. 1800 J. Rennell xiv. 362 He himself reckons that number of steps, equal to ¼ of a league. 1879 S. C. Bartlett xiv. 315 We reckoned the distance about sixteen miles and back. 1946 23 Sept. 8/1 The judge reckoned the distance between second and third as four lengths. 1988 M. Forster iv. 65 The complete abolition of slavery was reckoned only to be months away. 2007 (Nexis) 12 Dec. c39 Oil reserves are conservatively reckoned to be about eight billion barrels. 7. the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > take into account, consider a1375 (c1350) (1867) 1934 (MED) No man vpon molde schuld mow deuise men richlier a-raid, to rekene alle þinges, þan eche rink was in rome. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 951 (MED) Al this yweied and rekned into on, Maketh myn herte hevy as a ston. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 5719 (MED) Þanne is it forto recken aright Þat man of his lyf haþ no might. 1613 S. Purchas v. viii. 413 If a man doe any thing worth reckoning, presently his Captaine imparteth this honor to him. 1686 R. Parr 94 Which [treatises] being not set down in my Lord Primates own Words..cannot be reckoned, being much enlarged by the Dr., as himself confesseth. 1767 G. G. Beekman Let. 28 May in (1956) I. 512 All those Charges Reckoning Nothing for Our Trouble and Insurance will be an Addition to the first Cost of at Least 1/6 per bushel. 1837 A. Slade I. i. 39 Reckon the consequences of a reverse, then say what naval fight can compare with Nelson's last. 1983 P. Ackroyd 127 I did not reckon then the cost, to him and to others. the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] 1622 R. Hawkins xxxi. 75 They reckon not of a Musket shott, a sword peirceth not their skinne. 1634 ii. xxx Like as it had beene a man..which reckoned not of himselfe. a1677 T. Manton (1701) IV. xiv. 113 They seek to hide their Sins from Men..but little reckon of the allseeing Eye of God. 8. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > include [verb (transitive)] > count in or include among a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxv. 53 He shal ȝelde to þe byggere þat þat is left of þe ȝerys in þe which byfore he seruede, þe meedys wiþ ynne rekened [L. imputatis]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 171 Þe þridde Leo..is nouȝt i-rekened [?a1475 anon. tr. putte] in þe ordre of bisshoppes. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 93 (MED) Also iles of Inde..er noȝt rekned in þe climates. c1460 (McClean) (1960) 35 (MED) Þou may be rekenyd endelesly a monge þe holy trees of his heuenly paradise. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. SSSiiiiv Firste, the matyns..is rekened for one of the .vii. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xlv. 373 Gude Robert Melwene..I shuld not racken in with thea. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 231 The number of souldiers..amount to eight thousand, not reckoning any man of sort, nor Mariners. 1687 (Royal Soc.) 16 144 It may perhaps be better reckon'd amongst Boles than Stones. 1711 J. Addison No. 40. ¶4 There is also another Particular, which may be reckon'd among the Blemishes..of our English Tragedy. 1774 O. Goldsmith II. 230 In this class we may reckon the Georgians, Circassians, and Mingrelians. 1822 T. Webster (new ed.) II. 33 Light..is reckoned among the imponderable bodies. 1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in (1972) ii. 44 Among other languages spoken hereabouts must be reckoned the wild Irish. 1924 R. H. Mottram ii. 101 She wrote a good hand, having acquired that art at a convent school where it, at least, was not reckoned among the subversive sciences. 1994 R. R. Nauta in I. J. F. De Jong & J. P. Sullivan 208 If one needs a label for Iser, one could follow general American practice and reckon him among the ‘reader-response critics’. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > amount to or total > accept or state as total a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) III. 105 Who þat wil rekene seuenty ȝere of þe prisonynge and bondage of þe Iewes..þan he schulde ende þis seuenty ȝere in þe secounde ȝere of Darius, Itapsis his sone. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin ii. iii. f. 131v The Apostle in describynge of repentance reckeneth seuen eyther causes or effectes or partes thereof. 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus 273 b Wherein he reconneth but two sacramentes only, giuen by the Lorde himselfe. 1671 J. Webster vii. 115 He reckons four of a silver colour, that hold no metal, nor yield any fire. 1726 R. Neve (ed. 2) at Column Architects reckon five Orders..viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian, and Roman, Composite, or Compound Order. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. i. v. 169 The Romish doctors reckon three stages in the passage from vice to virtue, Attrition, Contrition, and Repentance. 1879 S. C. Bartlett iii. 52 Lepsius reckons about sixty, including some very small ones. 1914 4 254/2 One of the catch questions in my young days was ‘How many ropes are there in a ship?’ I think we reckoned seven. 1962 12 9 Ovid reckons eleven feet to the elegiac distich. 9. 1434 19 Apr. John Martinson commond hyrd rakans for ilka som v d. 1501 in J. B. Paul (1900) II. 42 For jc elne carsay.., reknand sex score for the hundir of rede and grene. 1627 (1835) 1 The wiccarage reakinet to ane hundreth mairkis. 1652–3 in L. B. Taylor (1972) 365 A pounshen racknett to 2 barrels. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] c1440 (?a1400) 1275 (MED) Thane sall we rekken full rathe whatt ryghte þat he claymes. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 41 (MED) He was wyse enoȝe wirdis to reken, When he þe heuyn beheld, of lede[s] opon lyfe. 1567 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. viii. 9 War ȝor richt reknit to þe croun It myt be laid with litill menss. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > place value on c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) li. 173 I wold reken all the sorow that I haue enduryd at no thynge. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 91 I haue seene her weare it, and she reckon'd it At her liues rate. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers 136 Never harkening what God will answer..but reckoning her worke for a price. 1667 S. Pepys 9 June (1974) VIII. 255 The world sees it and reckons my interest accordingly. 1773 B. Franklin Pref. p. v Which, at the first Cost here, can scarce be reckoned at less than Half a Guinea a Head per Annum. 1783 XI. 49 Some people reckoned the value of things by pounds, shillings, and pence. 1811 P. Kelly I. 183 New Pieces of 12 Marks Danish, called current Ducats, are reckoned at 6 Marks Hamburgh currency. 1861 June 727 The labour of women being reckoned at a value only a few pence short of 35l. 1908 L. D. H. Weld 134 The Continental Fruit Express reckoned it at $15 on a trip from California to Chicago. 1992 13 July 78/3 Muslims..dutifully reckon the value of their property and assets. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] 1778 J. Carver xi. 365 Which ever side first causes it to reach their own goal, reckons towards the game.] 1811 tr. J.-A. Masséna in 180/2 She puts your battalions in advance, as if your blood was to reckon for nothing. 1879 J. McCarthy II. xxii. 159 Such discretion..would in the long run reckon to his credit and his advantage. 1899 W. Besant i. i. 19 After the fashion..of the sailors, with whom strength of arm reckons before style. 1943 16 Sept. 5/4 A proportion of cadet service to reckon towards reduction of the general period of universal training. 10. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > reckon on the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > intend to do something a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1932) III. l. 21778 (MED) They ne rekken to been distroyed, in certein. a1530 T. Lupset (1535) f. 25v Touching the .iii. said thinges: in ye which I reken to rest the hole course of your lyfe. a1563 J. Bale (1969) ii. 1126 The Cistean monkes are in soche perplexyte That owt of Englond they reken all to flee. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 160 He neither defendeth himselfe, nor intreatethe for mercie, as reckoning straight to die. 1689 (single sheet) 2 Another sweet invention, the which in brief I reckon to name. 1727 Lady Bolingbroke Let. 1 Feb. in (1766) III. 389 I reckon to send you some of those fans by one of your friends. 1770 S. Johnson 7 July (1992) I. 344 I reckon to go next week to Ashbourne. 1863 E. C. Gaskell II. iii. 59 Well, then I'll reckon to hear fro' thee in a week, or, mayhap, less. 1872 J. Hartley 2nd Ser. 44 Ov a Thursday aw reckon to brew. 1956 M. L. Settle ii. iv. 257 I always reckoned to live in brick or stone so folks'll know we're quality. 1996 C. McWilliam in H. Ritchie 7 We don't reckon to sell the sample dishes when put out the front under cling, so they're what the gulls get. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > rely on the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] > rely on 1547 J. Bale f. 46 The wynnynges were not small that ye reckened vpon, whan ye toke on ye that cruell enterpryse. 1632 W. Lithgow v. 173 No man could reckon vpon felicity so long as he liued. 1665 R. Boyle vi. v. sig. Nn7 His reward would be much less than he reckons upon. 1704 J. Swift vii. 142 This will stand as an uncontestable Argument, that our Modern Wits are not to reckon upon the Infinity of Matter, for a constant Supply. 1748 D. Hume viii. 143 A Manufacturer reckons upon the Labour of his Servants. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre (1799) I. p. lxx I reckon on the indulgence of the really intelligent. 1836 C. P. Traill 22 I was reckoning much on seeing the falls of Montmorenci. 1874 J. R. Green ii. §4. 74 He could reckon on no support within England itself. 1940 L. MacNeice 16 Under God we can reckon On pardon when we fall. 1954 T. S. Eliot ii. 69 I hadn't reckoned on reports and typewriters When I designed this room. 1991 P. Kussi tr. M. Kundera iii. x. 129 He supposed that his lover had reckoned on the necessity of one day voluntarily ceding her place to a younger woman. 1548 f. xxvij Men woulde not recon that he coulde haue righte to the realme. c1600 (1875) I. 16 Some recken he killed himselfe with purgations. 1611 Isa. xxxviii. 13 I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon so will hee breake all my bones. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Glanvill Pref. 22 Whether his Reply be publique or not, I reckon he will blow the dust upon me. 1712 J. Swift 17 June (1948) II. 538 I reckon the Qu— will go to Windsor in 3 or 4 weeks. 1796 C. Burney II. 78 I reckon that I shall have a humpback. 1863 E. C. Gaskell I. v. 88 ‘A reckon it's a bargain,’ said Harry. 1863 7 Feb. 783/3 If you can take this property by compact, I reckon you cannot take it against the consent of the owners. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 443 I reckon, said Socrates, that no one..could accuse me of idle talking. 1900 Feb. 389/1 She met Sam on the way out, and says she: ‘Sam, what do you reckon? My quilt took the premium.’ 1963 10 367/1 I reckon it'll always be lucky. 1992 R. MacNeil ii. 112 How long you reckon it'll have to last? ?1526 M. Roper tr. Erasmus sig. b To vanquisshe and ouercome the better for the best parte (as I reken) whom I accompte the wysest of euery age.] 1567 J. Jewel ii. ix. 200 But for further answeare, I recken, M. Hardinge cannot be ignorant, that [etc.]. 1603 R. Cecil Let. 29 May in (1775) II. 85 He is, I reckon, no wise man that looketh this waye to heaven. 1748 S. Richardson V. xlvi. 326 I shall have a good deal of trouble, I reckon,..to be decent on the expected occasion. a1777 S. Foote (1778) i. 108 All your family..come over to be polish'd, I reckon. 1827 J. F. Cooper I. vii. 107 Neither of us, I reckon, has ever had much to do with [etc.]. 1883 R. L. Stevenson iv. xx. 162 You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon. 1929 T. Hardy 15 I may as well do that as do nothing, I reckon. 1991 8 Feb. 31/3 I'm engaged on a three-volume study of the post-war period which, I reckon, now needs to be broken up into mini-eras. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > take into account 1824 W. Scott I. xii. 293 This fair unknown has made a deeper impression on your gravity than you reckoned for. 1848 J. H. Newman iii. v. 330 You may have more to bear than you reckon for, when you find yourself with men of rude minds and vulgar manners. 1900 H. Lawson (1903) 61 I didn't reckon for them there blanky hailstones. 1986 4 Dec. 75/2 Unfortunately, they didn't reckon for British Rail. the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] 1526 Rom. iv. 9 We saye verely how that fayth was rekened to Abraham for rightewesnes. 1578 J. Rolland 172 We reckin that vnto ȝour greit wisdome. a1643 J. Shute (1649) 142 The Ishmaelites..are reckoned unto Hagar, not unto Abraham; and therefore called Hagareans. 1719 D. Waterland 25 As if the Ray were not to be reckon'd to the Sun, as included in it. 1725 J. Collier 285 The last Sermon de Sanctis..is mistakenly reckon'd to this Father. 1741 R. Rawlin iii. 129 His righteousness is reckoned and imputed of God unto us for this purpose. 1847 J. Torrey tr. A. Neander I. iv. 25 It is somewhat difficult..to separate here what belongs to the general tendency of that particular sect of the Ebionites..and that which must be reckoned to the peculiarities of the author. 1873 J. P. Lacroix tr. A. Wuttke I. 93 This work is evidently to be reckoned to his Ethics. 1928 tr. F. Schleiermacher II. 519 How far the good works of the regenerate man are his own in such a sense that they can be reckoned to him. 1997 B. Rundle ii. 53 A consideration of thought and belief has revealed a further misconception as to what can be reckoned to the domain of the mental. 12. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] 1567 J. Maplet f. 42v The verie Serpents..were sufficient to Noble & to cause this kinde to be well reckened of. 1602 W. Watson 95 He was to be reckned of for an inurious calumniator. 1625 R. Montagu 151 So he was esteemed and held..during life, and so is he reckoned of by his followers at this day. 1712 J. Bingham Scholastical Hist. Baptism by Laymen v, in (1855) IX. 251 A man was..scarce to be reckoned of as a perfect and proper member of the Church. 1838 Oct. 467 Highly as we have always reckoned of him a teacher. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > attach importance to 1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa 16 He doth not esteeme the company, and little rekoneth of them or their talke. 1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in (1860) 4 8 One moost worthye of grete accompte emongest us, and with your honor not to bee the lesse reckenned of in thys behalfe. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy iv. f. 47 Traitours..were most reckoned of in Court. 1601 W. Cornwallis sig. D2v We reckon of Physicions, because the end of them is health. 1653 H. Cogan tr. N. N. 109 He is not much reckoned of in the Court, but is reuerenced in the sacred Colledge. 1724 Ladies Diary in C. Hutton IV. (1775) vi. 221 I'm little reckon'd of, or thought upon. 1803 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun II. 208 He reckoned a good deal of the pleasures of the table. 1878 W. Dickinson (ed. 2) 117/2 I rackon nought o' sek wark. a1903 J. T. Fowler in (1904) (at cited word) [West Yorkshire] I reckon nowt o' yond. 1935 5 205 I would reckon much of the competition and ambition involved in school work. 2004 S. Collins ii. 16 I didn't reckon much of him. 1866 July 31 Ah've heeard a deeal o' foine toke abaat t' pleace, but ah reckon nowt on't. 1883 ‘Costa’ viii. 99 I don't reckon much on 'em to look at. 1929 E. Raymond v. ii. 422 I've seen some clergy come and go in my time, and they've all had their different little ideas, the new ones never reckoning much to the ones before 'em. 1983 J. Sullivan (1999) I. 3rd Ser. Episode 3. 151 Now, what d'you reckon to that? 1991 J. Connor 59 What do you reckon on this place? 2005 (Nexis) 17 Oct. If it was a kid's prank, I don't reckon much to it. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] 1919 R. C. Holliday vi. 100 We don't reckon him much round here. 1957 12 Nov. 6/4 If..an East Ender wants to say that he does not consider the character of another to be worth while he says ‘I don't reckon him’. 1977 52/3 I don't reckon the chances of Young Scientists of the Year..against Just William. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 243/1 A nivver did reckon 'im much. Phrasesthe mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > be right [verb (intransitive)] a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 9228 (MED) Four thusand yeir and sex hundreth, Qua reckens [Fairf. rekkenis, Gött. rekines] right to tell es eth. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3032 Ther was a womman eke that hight Shame that who can reken right Trespace was hir fadir name. 1535 D. Lindsay 1308 I traist, gif I can reckon richt, Scho schaips to ludge with him all nicht. 1556 W. Lauder sig. A3 Nothing at all, to rekin rycht Different in to Goddis sycht. 1612 J. Davies sig. L And if, I reckon right betweene thy Law And mine obseruance. 1667 J. Milton viii. 71 This to attain, whether Heav'n move or Earth, Imports not, if thou reck'n right . View more context for this quotation 1701 T. Brett v. 76 If Edwards reckons right in his Gangræna. 1794 J. Elphinston I. cccxxxiii. 43 Dhat won day France should recovver a libberty, lost upwards ov twelv centuries, if we reckon right. 1844 T. C. Haliburton 2nd Ser. II. xiv. 213 The free nigger..may be President, but he guesses he can't; and he reckons right. 1858 T. D. McGee 90 If his bark comes not in sight They deem they have not reckoned right. 1912 L. Abercrombie 140 There must be hope, if we could reckon right! 1988 16 120 His contention that President Eisenhower reckoned right about what folks wanted. 1566–7 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 503 To pas to the said wardane and compt and rekkin with him. 1674 No. 197 Caus Robert … have patience quhill Witsonday that we count and rakin befor onye honest man. 1722 W. Forbes I. ii. iv. 89 Nor yet can he oblige such as had dealing with his Predecessor, to count and reckon ad deliberandum. 1807 D. Robertson I. 48 Sir Patrick was thereby bound to count and reckon yearly for his intromissions. 1861 5 268 They conclude that..the defenders should count and reckon with the rents since Martinmas 1853. 1987 (Lexis) 12 Mar. When the society raised an action against a former member who was in the position of chief salesman and treasurer it was held that the latter should count and reckon. P3. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > take into account 1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson ii. i. sig. E 2 Murder beyond example: but there's left A Hell to reckon with. 1803 M. Hays V. 434 I shall be their queen, and they will have to reckon with me. 1847 tr. in 11 Aug. 6/1 Everywhere Governments are obliged to reckon with that power of ideas, which increases every day. 1896 W. H. Hutton vi. 182 It might seem..as if the Jews were the only dissenters with whom the king and the church had to reckon. 1902 R. Kipling (1903) 63 We reckon not with those Whom the mere Fates ordain. 1945 K. Tynan 5 June (1994) i. 79 I hoped faintly yesterday, reckoning without the indubitable laxity of Scots postal services. 2007 (National ed.) 16 Sept. ii. 1/4 As he turns 40, a man must reckon with harbingers of decay like reading glasses and a recalcitrant belly roll. 1866 W. Bagehot in 15 Mar. 259 An opinion within the intellectual sphere, an opinion to be reckoned with. 1881 H. James xxxiv. 251 Although Catherine, in growing older, had become a person to be reckoned with, yet her society was a very different thing. 1885 16 June 4/6 A Ministerial crisis..is always a contingency to be reckoned with. 1925 23 July 7 A Doggett badger is a man to be reckoned with in the rowing world. 1966 2 Feb. 12/1 Germany confirmed her emergence as a power to be reckoned with politically in the Common Market. 1993 Mar. 21/2 Victories at Davis and Sunshine Cup competitions have proven that our players are a force to reckon with. Derivatives 1592 H. Broughton sig. G 4 The commenters vppon hym bryng a reckoned number of the Olympiades vppon two gamesters. a1717 W. Diaper tr. Oppian (1722) 43 Some in their wonted Dwellings patient stay, Prepare their Beds, and wait the reckon'd Day. 1812 R. Woodhouse (1823) xxxviii. 756 The difference of actual or absolute time, which depends on the reckoned time at each place of observation. 1955 A. J. Arberry tr. I. xi. 240 If We postpone the chastisement from them Till a reckoned moment they will say ‘What is Detaining it?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
