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hearken
hear·ken also har·ken H0107500 (här′kən)intr.v. hear·kened, hear·ken·ing, hear·kens Archaic To listen attentively; give heed.Phrasal Verb: hearken back Usage Problem To hark back.
[Middle English herknen, from Old English hercnian; see kous- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Traditionally, hearken means "to listen." The word has an archaic and formal air today, in part stemming from its extensive use in the King James Bible (as in Mark 7:14 "Hearken unto me, every one of you") and in traditional storytelling. In contemporary usage, hearken is more often used where one might expect hark, no doubt because of sound similarity: The movie hearkens back to the sci-fi films of the 1950s. The Usage Panel has mixed feelings about this. In our 2009 survey, just 48 percent accepted this example.hearken (ˈhɑːkən) or harkenvbarchaic to listen to (something)[Old English heorcnian; see hark] ˈhearkener nheark•en or hark•en (ˈhɑr kən)
v.i. 1. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen. v.t. 2. Archaic. to listen to; hear. [1150–1200; Middle English hercnen, Old English he(o)rcnian, suffixed form of assumed *heorcian; see hark, -en1] heark′en•er, n. hearken - To pay attention or listen; it can also mean "to return to a previous topic."See also related terms for listen.hearken
Past participle: hearkened
Gerund: hearkening
| Present |
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| I hearken | | you hearken | | he/she/it hearkens | | we hearken | | you hearken | | they hearken |
| Preterite |
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| I hearkened | | you hearkened | | he/she/it hearkened | | we hearkened | | you hearkened | | they hearkened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am hearkening | | you are hearkening | | he/she/it is hearkening | | we are hearkening | | you are hearkening | | they are hearkening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have hearkened | | you have hearkened | | he/she/it has hearkened | | we have hearkened | | you have hearkened | | they have hearkened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was hearkening | | you were hearkening | | he/she/it was hearkening | | we were hearkening | | you were hearkening | | they were hearkening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had hearkened | | you had hearkened | | he/she/it had hearkened | | we had hearkened | | you had hearkened | | they had hearkened |
| Future |
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| I will hearken | | you will hearken | | he/she/it will hearken | | we will hearken | | you will hearken | | they will hearken |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have hearkened | | you will have hearkened | | he/she/it will have hearkened | | we will have hearkened | | you will have hearkened | | they will have hearkened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be hearkening | | you will be hearkening | | he/she/it will be hearkening | | we will be hearkening | | you will be hearkening | | they will be hearkening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been hearkening | | you have been hearkening | | he/she/it has been hearkening | | we have been hearkening | | you have been hearkening | | they have been hearkening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been hearkening | | you will have been hearkening | | he/she/it will have been hearkening | | we will have been hearkening | | you will have been hearkening | | they will have been hearkening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been hearkening | | you had been hearkening | | he/she/it had been hearkening | | we had been hearkening | | you had been hearkening | | they had been hearkening |
| Conditional |
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| I would hearken | | you would hearken | | he/she/it would hearken | | we would hearken | | you would hearken | | they would hearken |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have hearkened | | you would have hearkened | | he/she/it would have hearkened | | we would have hearkened | | you would have hearkened | | they would have hearkened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | hearken - listen; used mostly in the imperativehark, harkenlisten - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello" |
hearken also harken
verb1. To make an effort to hear something:hark, listen.Archaic: list.Idiom: give an ear.2. Archaic. To perceive by ear, usually attentively:attend, hark, hear, heed, listen.Idiom: give one's ear.Translationsascoltare attentamenteorecchiarehearken
hearken to (someone or something)To listen closely or attentively to something. Edgar, hearken to that sound—I think someone's coming!See also: hearkenhearken to someone or somethingFormal or stilted to listen to someone or something; to pay attention to someone or something. Please hearken to me. I speak the truth. Hearken to the call of the nightingale.See also: hearkenhearken
Synonyms for hearkenverb to make an effort to hear somethingSynonymsverb to perceive by ear, usually attentivelySynonymsSynonyms for hearkenverb listenSynonymsRelated Words |