Verb

(en verb)

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

* Sir Philip Sidney

this son of mine not recking danger

* Burns

And may you better reck the rede / Than ever did the adviser.

* 1603 , William Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", Act 1, Scene 3:

Ophelia:
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.

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* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13

Little recked he perhaps for what she felt, that dull aching void in her heart sometimes, piercing to the core.

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!

* 1900 , , Villanelle of Marguerite's , lines 10-11

*:She knows us not, nor recks if she enthrall

*:With voice and eyes and fashion of her hair

To concern, to be important

It recks not!

* Milton

What recks it them?

(obsolete) To think.

Verb

(en-verb)

To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.

To harass; to irritate or distress.

The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

Your tone of voice worries me.

To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.

Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.

(transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.

To cause concern or anxiety.

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