reck

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms

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From Old English reccan.

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to reck (third-person singular simple present recks, present participle recking, simple past and past participle recked)

1. (transitive) To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 136:

     She recks not now, as of old, whether her word carries with it the sting or the sweet—it is not now in her thought to ask whether pain or pleasure follows the thoughtless slight or the scornful pleasantry. The victim suffers, but she recks not of his grief.

2. (intransitive) To care; to matter.
   • 1822, John E. Hall (ed.), The Port Folio, vol. XIV

     Little thou reck'st^[2] of this sad store!

     Would thou might never reck^[1] them more!

[edit] Derived terms

• reckless