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Calculate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

(2):

(v. i.) To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

(3):

(v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

(4):

(v. i.) To plan; to expect; to think.

(5):

(v. i.) To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Calculate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/calculate.html. 1828.