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[ hahr-kuhn ] / ˈhɑr kən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hearken ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen. verb (used with object)Archaic. to listen to; hear. Origin of hearken1150–1200; Middle English hercnen,Old English he(o)rcnian, suffixed form of assumed *heorcian;see hark, -en1 OTHER WORDS FROM hearkenheark·en·er, nounWords nearby hearkenhearing dog, hearing-ear dog, hearing-impaired, hearing impairment, hearing loss, hearken, Hearn, hear of, hear oneself think, can't, hear out, hearsay Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hearkenHearken to the bleating of newborn two-headed freak candidacy lambs. PJ’s Political Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatheads|P. J. O’Rourke|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST And hearken to this latest warning by Kevin Sabet: cigarettes are legal, yet organized crime syndicates still smuggle them. Let's Have a Smarter Approach to Marijuana|David Frum|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST I hope you'll find it entertaining, but even more that you'll hearken to its message. "Patriots" Goes Live Today|David Frum|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST The king had no heart to hearken longer, but betook him straightway to his bed; cause enow had he for woe, or so it seemed him! Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys|Anonymous
But the Senator from Maine says he is unwilling to hearken to suggestions from foreign nations. Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20)|Charles Sumner But the multitude advised him to hearken to none of his proposals, but to despise him, and be in readiness to fight him. The Antiquities of the Jews|Flavius Josephus I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart, but no one will hearken to me. Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume I (of 2)|John Hill Burton But the empresse and hir brother would not hearken to any agréement, except that the realme Geruasius Dorober. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
British Dictionary definitions for hearkenhearkensometimes US harken
verbarchaic to listen to (something) Derived forms of hearkenhearkener, nounWord Origin for hearkenOld English heorcnian; see hark Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hearkenhark, attend, eavesdrop, get, read, give, strain, apprehend, devour, take, descry, catch, heed, listen, overhear, auscultate, make out, pick up, be all ears, get wind of |