Calculate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To Plan; to Expect; to Think.

II. Calculate ·vi To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to Estimate; to Compute.

III. Calculate ·vi To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to Estimate; to Compute.

IV. Calculate ·vi 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.

V. Calculate ·vi 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.

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