- hearken harken
- verb (intransitive + to) literary to listen
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
hearken harken
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harken — [här′kən] vi., vt. alt. sp. of HEARKEN harken back HEARKEN BACK (see phrase under HEARKEN) … English World dictionary
harken — var. of HEARKEN. * * * harken, v. etc.: see hearken, etc … Useful english dictionary
harken — variant of HEARKEN (Cf. hearken) … Etymology dictionary
Hearken — Heark en (h[aum]rk n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[ e]ran, h[=y]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hearken — O.E. heorcnian, a suffixed form of *heorcian, root of HARK (Cf. hark); from P.Gmc. *hausjan (see HEAR (Cf. hear)). Harken is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology; hearken likely is from influence of hear … Etymology dictionary
hearken — (also harken) ► VERB (usu. hearken to) archaic ▪ listen. ORIGIN Old English, probably related to HARK(Cf. ↑hark) … English terms dictionary
Harken — Hark en (h[aum]rk n), v. t. & i. To hearken. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harken — har|ken [ˈha:kən US ˈha:r ] v [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: hark; influenced by hearken] another spelling of ↑hearken … Dictionary of contemporary English
hearken — [ hα:k(ə)n] (also harken) verb (usu. hearken to) archaic listen. Origin OE heorcnian; prob. related to hark … English new terms dictionary
harken — intransitive verb Date: before 12th century 1. hearken 2. hark back usually used with back … New Collegiate Dictionary
