reckon for

English

Verb

reckon for (third-person singular simple present reckons for, present participle reckoning for, simple past and past participle reckoned for)

  1. (archaic) To answer for; to pay the account for.
    • 1634, Bp. Robert Sanderson, “Ad Clerum”, in Thirty-four Sermons, page 77:
      If they fail in any part of their bounden duty, they shall be sure to reckon for it one day.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon,‎ for.
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