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To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.

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  1. v. t. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
  2. v. t. To concern; -- used impersonally.
  3. v. i. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
  4. 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. 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.
  5. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- oftenfollowed 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.
  6. v. t. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. v. t. To concern; -- used impersonally. v. i. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.