Reck

v. t.1.To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
[imp. & p. p. Recked (rĕkt) (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.]
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.
What recks it them?
- Milton.
v. i.1.To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; - often followed by of.
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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