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Hearken
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What's The Definition Of Hearken?
[v] listen; used mostly in the imperative
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hearken: hark | harken Related Terms | Find terms related to Hearken: attend | attend to | auscultate | be all ears | bend an ear | bug | cock the ears | eavesdrop | examine by ear | give attention | give audience to | give ear | hark | hear | hear out | heed | intercept | lend an ear | listen | listen at | listen in | listen to | sit in on | tap | wiretap See Also | listen Hearken In Webster's Dictionary \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian,
heorcnian, fr. hi['e]ran, h?ran, to hear; akin to OD.
harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See {Hear},
and cf. {Hark}.]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered;
to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl.
--Dryden.
Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1.
2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] ``Hearken after
their offense.'' --Shak.
Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i.
\Heark"en\, v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [Archaic] [She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. --Spenser. 2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic] The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit. --Shak. {To hearken out}, to search out. [Obs.] If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. --B. Johnson. |
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