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(rk), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Recked (rkt) (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n.Recking.] [AS. reccan, rcan, to care for; akin to OS. rkian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. rkja, 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 (rk), v. i.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. スポンサード リンク
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