reckon for
English
editVerb
editreckon for (third-person singular simple present reckons for, present participle reckoning for, simple past and past participle reckoned for)
- (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.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, for.