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–verb (used without object)

1.	to have care, concern, or regard (often fol. by of, with, or a clause).

2.	to take heed.

3.	Archaic. to be of concern or importance; matter: It recks not.

–verb (used with object)

4.	Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME rekken, OE reccan; akin to ON roekja to have care, G (ge)ruhen to deign

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tr. & intr.v. recked, reck·ing, recks
To take heed of or to have caution.

[Middle English recken, from Old English reccan; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Raught\, obs. imp. & p. p. of Reck. --Chaucer.

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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.

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