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reck

  [rek]
Use reck in a Sentence
–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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reck   (rěk)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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