RECKON

verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English rekenen, from Old English -recenian (as in gerecenian to narrate); akin to Old English reccan Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. count , estimate , compute , to determine by reference to a fixed basis , to regard or think of as ; consider , think , suppose , intransitive verb to settle accounts, to make a calculation, 3. judge , suppose , think , to accept something as certain ; place reliance