Dictionary entry

Compute

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com‐pute″ (kŏm‐pūt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Computed; p. pr. & vb. n.Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.

Two days, as we compute the days of heaven.

Milton.

What's done we partly may compute,

But know not what's resisted.

Burns.

Syn. — To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.