Category:Reck

Reck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recked (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.] Etym: [as. reccan, remccan, to care for; akin to os. Rokian, ohg. ruochan, g. geruhen, icel. rækja, 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 Reck, v. i.

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.