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To reckon on

Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i.

  1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
    --Shak.

  2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. ``Parfay,'' sayst thou, ``sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer. To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. ``If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.'' --Bp. Sanderson. To reckon on To reckon upon, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations. To reckon with,

    1. to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively.

    2. to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate.

    3. to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job.

      After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
      --Matt. xxv. 19.

      To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.

Usage examples of "to reckon on".

Bellmore failed to reckon on the mean characters of the Molick father and son.

And truly every one ought to reckon on victory, since justice is on our side, and our enemies are in the wrong.