Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RECK'ON, v.i.

1. To reason with one's self and conclude from arguments. I reckoned till morning, that as a lion, so will he break all my bones. – Is. xxxviii.
2. To charge to account; with on. I call posterity / Into the debt, and reckon on her head. – B. Jonson.
3. To pay a penalty; to be answerable; with for. If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for one day. – Sanderson.
4. To think; to suppose. – Mitford. To reckon with, to state an account with another, compare with his account, ascertain the amount of each and the balance which one owes to the other. In this manner the countrymen of New England who have mutual dealings, reckon with each other at the end of each year, or as often as they think fit. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. – Math. xxv. #2. To call to punishment. God suffers the most grievous sins of particular persons to go unpunished in this world, because his justice will have another opportunity to meet and reckon with them. – Tillotson. To reckon on or upon, to lay stress or dependence on. He reckons on the support of his friends.