calculare

calculare [LL] 1 to calculate, reckon, count: a (absol); b (trans.). a Aegyptiorum, qui prae ceteris doctoribus ~andi palmam tenent (Ceolfrith) Bede HE V 21 p. 339; a manibus Grecorum abacus nondum excidit aut ratio ~andi J. Sal. Pol. 399B; Dial. Scac. I 5M (v. calculus 4a); c1370 sicut expressius alias ~abo per astronomiam (J. Bridl. gl.) Pol. Poems I 209; to cownte, ~are, connumerare, computare CathA.  b in versu sillabarum xvij quot scemata autumas ~anda? Aldh. Met. 10 p. 88; cujus [cicli] rationem B. Cyrillus ‥ in 95 annos per quinquies decem novies ~ans, quota die †videtur [v. l. vel] luna debeat Pascalis sollempnitas celebrari ‥ notavit Bacon VI 189; 1574 juste suffragia ~abunt StatOx 401. 2 to ascertain. quamvis sufficere posset tanti viri testimonium, qui tanta diligentia veritatem ~avit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 11.