v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Calculater p. pr. & vb. n. Calculating ] [ L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx. ] 1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute. [ 1913 Webster ]

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cunning man did calculate my birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Religion ] is . . . calculated for our benefit. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To plan; to expect; to think. [ Local, U. S. ]

Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. “Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation. ] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. “The calculation of eclipses.” Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An expectation based on circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. calculateur. ] One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calculatorius. ] Belonging to calculation. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]