See reck on Wiktionary
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"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"concern",
"concern#Verb"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To concern (someone); to be important or of interest to; to matter."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dialectal terms",
"English reflexive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To concern oneself, to trouble oneself."
],
"links": [
[
"concern",
"concern"
],
[
"trouble",
"trouble"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, obsolete, dialectal) To concern oneself, to trouble oneself."
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"obsolete",
"reflexive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɛk/"
},
{
"homophone": "rec"
},
{
"homophone": "wreck"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "reak"
}
],
"word": "reck"
}
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