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When reckoning by English Duke is fictitious (7)

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I believe the answer is:

assumed

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'fictitious' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'when reckoning by english duke' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'reckoning by' becomes 'sum' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'duke' becomes 'd'.
'as'+'sum'+'e'+'d'='ASSUMED'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for assumed that I've seen before include "Affected; supposed" , "Fancied" , "Taken for granted - feigned" , "False" , "Took for granted" .)

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