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Pronunciation : Reck
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. reccan, remccan, to care for; akin to OS. rokian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. r?kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See Rake, and cf. Reckon.]
Definition : 1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. [Archaic] This son of mine not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.

2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic] What recks it them Milton.

t. [imp. & p. p. Recked (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Reck
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of. [Archaic] Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. Chaucer. I reck not though I end my life to-day. Shak. Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. M. Arnold.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913