reckon

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Goin' into camp, I reckon--sure, here's the spot now.

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  1. transitive verb To count or compute: reckon the cost. See Synonyms at calculate.
  2. transitive verb To consider as being; regard as. See Synonyms at consider.
  3. transitive verb Informal To think or assume.
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  • There's over thirty dollars At this Sandy gasped I--reckon it will take me to Massachusetts," he said I reckon it will take you to the world's end," Cynthia, the mystic exclaimed, "and back again Back again!" —  A Son of the Hills
  • She pulled Crothers out of the flames and saved his life I reckon--that is, if it is saved! —  A Son of the Hills
  • You can see where the nose of the canoe struck the mud I reckon, as I remarked before," the Captain said, "that you don't need any instructions as to the use of your eyes! —  Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box
  • But that thar map seems tew give y'ur yarn a look like th' truth; an', I reckon, them tew skunks must have believed th' yarn, or they wouldn't have ben so pow'ful anxious tew git th' map. —  The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49
  • That's about the size o't with Hymen, I reckon--though, mind you, I bear en no grudge. —  The Mayor of Troy
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English reknen, from Old English gerecenian, to recount, arrange; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English recken; from Middle English reckenen, rekenen, reknen, count, account, reckon, esteem, etc., from Anglo-Saxon *recenian, found only in the once-occurring comp. ge-recenian, explain, =OFries. rekenia, reknia =D. rekenen =Middle Low German Low German rekenen =Old High German rehhanon, Middle High German rechenen, German rechnen =Icelandic reikna (for *rekna?) =Swedish räkna =Danish regne, reckon, =Gothic (Moesogothic) rahnjan (for *raknjan?), reckon; a secondary verb, with formative -n (see -en), parallel with another verb (the common one in Anglo-Saxon), Anglo-Saxon reccan (preterit reahte, rehte), narrate, tell, say, explain, expound, =Old Saxon rekkian, narrate, explain, =Old High German rachjan, recchen, narrate, explain, reckon; these verbs being derived from a noun, Anglo-Saxon racu, feminine, an account or reckoning, an account or narrative, an exposition, explanation, history, comedy, =Old High German rahha, feminine, a subject, thing, =Icelandic rök, neuter plural, a reason, ground, origin; prob. akin to Greek λόγος, an account, saying, word, reason, λέγειν, say: see Logos, logic, legend, ete. The Anglo-Saxon verb reccan, narrate, is generally confused with reccan, direct, rule, also stretch: see rack, retch. The former spelling recken is historically the proper one, the termination -on, as with beckon, being properly -en: see -en.
 

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