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What's The Definition Of Reck?Synonyms | Synonyms for Reck: Related Terms | Find terms related to Reck: See Also | Reck In Webster's Dictionary \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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