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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Reck

/(rĕk)/ · IPA /ɹɛk/
01 v. t. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
imp. & p. p. Recked; imp. Roughte; p. pr. & vb. n. Recking
  1. 1.
    To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.obs.
    “This son of mine not recking danger.” — Sir P. Sidney.
    “And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser.” — Burns.
  2. 2.
    To concern; -- used impersonally.[Poetic]
    “What recks it them?” — Milton.
02 v. i. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
  1. 1.
    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.