Definitions for: Reck






Webster (1913) Definition: Reck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recked(obs. imp. Roughte);
p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.] [AS. reccan, r[=e]can, to care
for; akin to OS. r[=o]kian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel.
r[ae]kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See Rake,
and cf. Reckon.]
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.


Reck, v. i.
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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