reck

Meaning

1. To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
2. To concern (someone); to be important or earnest.
3. (obsolete) To think.

Synonyms

look after

mind

beware

care

care for

heed

listen

look at

look out

notice

nurse

see about

see to

service

take care

take note

tend

watch

⌚

watch out

cater for

advert

be mindful

attend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɛk/

Etymology

From Middle English recken, rekken, reken, from Old Norse rœkja (compare Old English rēċċan, rēċan (“to care, reck, take care of, be interested in, care for, desire”); whence English retch), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care, take care”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēǵ-, *rēg- (“to care, help”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch roeken, Low German roken, ruken (“to reck, care”), German geruhen (“to deign, condescend”), Icelandic rækja (“to care, regard, discharge”), Danish røgte (“to care, tend”), Swedish rykta (“to groom”).