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recking |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reck \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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