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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPUTE, v.t. [L. To lop or prune; to think, count, reckon; to cast up. The sense is probably to cast or throw together.]
1. To number; to count; to reckon; to cast together several sums or particulars, to ascertain the amount or aggregate. Compute the quantity of water that will fill a vessel of certain dimensions, or that will cover the surface of the earth. Compute the expenses of a campaign. Compute the time by weeks or days.
2. To cast or estimate in the mind; to estimate the amount by known or supposed data.
3. To calculate.
COMPUTE, n. Computation. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]

Merriam Webster's

verb (computed; computing) Etymology: Latin computare — more at count Date: 1616 transitive verb to determine especially by mathematical means <compute your income tax>; also to determine or calculate by means of a computer intransitive verb 1. to make calculation ; reckon 2. to use a computer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. (often foll. by that + clause) reckon or calculate (a number, an amount, etc.). 2 intr. make a reckoning, esp. using a computer. Derivatives: computability n. computable adj. computation n. Etymology: F computer or L computare (as com-, putare reckon)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Compute Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Compute Com*pute", n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(computes, computing, computed) To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it. I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes. = calculate VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Reckon, calculate, estimate, count, number, rate, cast, cast up, sum up.

Moby Thesaurus

add, add up, algebraize, appraise, appreciate, ascertain, assay, assess, calculate, calibrate, caliper, cast, check a parameter, cipher, determine, dial, divide, dope out, estimate, evaluate, extract roots, fathom, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, graduate, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, multiply, pace, plumb, prize, probe, quantify, quantize, rate, reckon, score, size, size up, sound, span, step, subtract, sum, survey, take a reading, take account of, tally, tot, tot up, total, total up, tote, tote up, triangulate, valuate, value, weigh, work out